Round Rock reached settlement with students regarding immigration demonstration
The Newsroom
4/13/2007

The Round Rock City Council votes to accept a settlement with the 70 students who filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the city and who are still awaiting trial for participation in an immigration demonstration over a year ago.

Settlement Terms
1. Round Rock will dismiss all pending municipal trials against students
a. City attorney will recommend that Williamson County drop the appeal of the one student case that was lost
2. Expungement of student arrest records
a. RR/RRISD will not oppose expungement of the students’ arrest records, but will cooperate with the process
b. Round Rock will set up $33,000 expungement fund, administered by TCRP, from which person can draw up to $400, if s/he wants to expunge record

3. RRISD will seal disciplinary records
a. Will include explanatory note from us in the sealed envelope
b. Will destroy records 3 years from date of incident (cannot destroy earlier because of law)
c. Will not disclose existence of sealed records to people/entities requesting academic records

4. Payment: $100 to each person represented by TCRP (about 70 students)

5. Attorney’s fees and costs to TCRP: $50,000

6. Each client will sign release of RR and RRISD

7. Community Forum
a. each student will attend one of 3 community forums of First Amendment
b. format
1. 3 hours
1 speaker = Q&A
Break
1 speaker = Q&A
c. For each session, RR/RRISD selects one of the speakers; TCRP, the other
d. dismissal of disruption case is not contingent on attending forum

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