Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced that federal oversight of the Caddo Parish School Board has ended following the filing of a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal with Prejudice, bringing more than 61 years of federal desegregation litigation to a close.
The filing follows the Attorney General’s Fifth Circuit victory in Concordia Parish, which reaffirmed that federal desegregation cases must end once all remaining parties agree to dismiss them.
“After 61 years, federal oversight of the Caddo Parish School Board has ended. The people of Caddo Parish have their school system back. It’s long past time to return authority to where it belongs—not with a federal judge, but with the people’s elected representatives on the School Board,” Murrill said.
Murrill also thanked the Caddo Parish School Board and Harmeet Dhillon, U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, for their work on the case.
According to the court filing, the United States and the Caddo Parish School Board agreed that the school district has achieved unitary status. The filing stipulates that the case is dismissed with prejudice in its entirety, with no further action or consideration of the motion to intervene.
Murrill has worked with school systems across Louisiana to bring decades-old federal court oversight to a close.
Other school systems where federal oversight has ended include Plaquemines Parish School Board in April 2025, DeSoto Parish School Board in January 2026, Concordia Parish School Board in July 2026, and Bossier Parish School Board in August 2026.