RULING AND JUDGMENT re: 517 MOTION for Declaration of Unitary Status, Dissolution of All Remaining Outstanding Injunctions and Orders and Relinquishment of Judicial Supervision filed by Rapides Parish School Board. It is ORDERED that the Rapides P arish School System is declared unitary. All remaining outstanding injunctions and orders of the court are hereby dissolved, and this Court's supervision over the facets of the operations of the school system in this parish are hereby relinquish ed in full. ORDERED that control over all facets of the operations of the Rapides Parish School System are hereby restored to state and local control. ORDERED that this suit is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. Judgment rendered on 9/28/06 in open court and signed by Judge Dee D Drell on 10/03/06. (crt,Leleux, M)

ORDER granting 521 Motion for Approval of Payment of Attorneys' Fees to attorneys for plaintiffs in the amount of $26,664.00. Signed by Judge Dee D Drell on March 16, 2007. (crt,Dean, S)