Starting in 1855 it became illegal to “prohibit all distinctions of color and religion in Massachusetts public schools admissions” which meant the beginning of school integration in the state. ​

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It outlawed public, intentional discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin in government agencies and facilities, public accommodations, education, and employment; established a federal enforcement structure and empowered victims of discrimination to sue and the government to withhold federal funds from violators. 

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It also gave Native American parents the legal right to deny their children’s placement in off-reservation schools and boarding schools. ​

This ruling was based on a case from Texas where in 1975, the Texas Legislature authorized local school districts to deny enrollment in public schools to foreign-born children who were not “legally admitted” to the United States.

In the late 1990s, the state Legislature appropriated money to create the inter-district schools offering programs to prompt voluntary desegregation.​

A report by the Harvard Civil Rights Project said that while schools in the South still have more integration of African-Americans and whites than before the desegregation movement, they lost ground in the 1990s. ​

And it highlights that segregation of Latinos from non-Hispanic whites in schools is even greater than it is for African-Americans.​

The law "recaptured" property tax revenue from property-wealthy school districts and distributed those in property-poor districts, in an effort to equalize the financing of all school districts throughout Texas.

States such as Alabama make it easy for a town to create its own district. 

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For more than two decades, Pennsylvania had no predictable funding formula, allowing inequities to grow. It gave districts the same amount they got the previous year, regardless of enrollment drops or other changes. ​

As a result the district still has the old buildings which no not meet ADA regulations and have many problems that impact the health and learning of children. The new school plan would have provided equitable access to all programming for low-income children and children with special needs. ​

"I would say that our voices were not intentionally excluded, but they were not intentionally included," said Kai Koerber, a junior. "Now more than ever, it is time to represent the diversity of our school, and the diversity in the world.” 

The Texas Education Agency gave preliminary approval for the course on April 11th.​

The bill – Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair, or CROWN Act – was introduced in March by Massachusetts state representative Steven Ultrino

CROWN is an acronym for 'Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair.' Black people historically have experienced and continue to experience prejudicial treatment in school, at work and elsewhere for wearing such hairstyles, as well as for the natural texture of their hair.

With this signing, Massachusetts becomes the 18th state to enact The CROWN Act or laws inspired by the CROWN Act, joining California, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Colorado, Washington, Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware, New Mexico, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Illinois, Maine, Tennessee, and Louisiana.