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HISD Redistricting Hearings May 26, June 1, June 7 and June 9, 2011

HISD Redistricting Hearings May 26, June 1, June 7 and June 9, 2011. Andrews Kurth LLP The Law Offices of Rolando Rios Dr. Richard Murray. LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR REDISTRICTING. Population Equality: “One Person — One Vote” Baker v. Carr Reynolds v. Sims

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HISD Redistricting Hearings May 26, June 1, June 7 and June 9, 2011

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  1. HISD RedistrictingHearings May 26, June 1, June 7 and June 9, 2011 Andrews Kurth LLP The Law Offices of Rolando Rios Dr. Richard Murray

  2. LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR REDISTRICTING Population Equality: “One Person — One Vote” • Baker v. Carr • Reynolds v. Sims Protections Against Discrimination of Racial, Ethnic and Language Minorities • Voting Rights Act Equal Protection/14th Amendment: Redistricting Based on Race • Shaw v. Reno • Bush v. Vera Texas Constitution: Equal Protection Clause and Equal Rights Amendment Andrews Kurth

  3. PRIORITIES AND PRINCIPLES FOR REDISTRICTING (1) The nine HISD Trustee Districts will be of substantially equal population and, in no event, exceed a ten percent top to bottom deviation. (2) The new HISD Trustee Districts should be contiguous and reasonably compact. (3) The new HISD Redistricting Plan will be based, to the extent possible, on the existing trustee district composition. (4) Where possible, HISD will use easily identifiable geographic boundaries as district boundaries. (5) The HISD Redistricting Plan will seek to maintain communities of interest in a single district and avoid splitting neighborhoods when drawing district lines. Andrews Kurth

  4. (6) The HISD Redistricting Plan will use whole county voting precincts, whenever possible, to draw trustee districts. (7) The new HISD Redistricting Plan will adhere to the Voting Rights Act and avoid retrogression in the position of racial, ethnic and language minorities with respect to the effective exercise of their right to vote. (8) The HISD Redistricting Plan will adhere to the Equal Protection Clause and will not use race as the predominate factor in developing the plan. (9) Recognizing the value of incumbent-constituency relations, the new HISD Redistricting Plan will seek to keep existing trustees in their existing districts. Andrews Kurth

  5. Population Change in the Houston Independent School District: 2000 to 2010 The Houston Independent School District encompasses a mature, inner-urban area that now includes less than 25 percent of the metropolitan area population. With little open land available for development except in the south-central part of the district, growth in HISD was just 4.2 percent over the last 10 years. Both the Anglo (Non-Hispanic White) and Black populations declined, with Hispanics accounting for the most of the growth in the district, even though their rate of increase (13.8%) was far below their percentages outside HISD. The greatest percentage increase (41.5%) in the district occurred among Asian Americans. Andrews Kurth

  6. Population Change in HISD Trustee Districts: 2000 – 2010 The two trustee districts on the north side (1 and 2) lost population, as did Trustee District 3 in the southeast. Three districts (5, 6, and 8) experienced moderate growth over the decade. The fastest growth occurred in District 4 (10,439), District 7 (18,595), and District 9 (25,260). Because District 9 is more than 14 percent over the mean population for all districts in HISD, and District 1 is more than 9 percent below the mean, the range of 23.51% requires redrawing the present trustee boundaries. Andrews Kurth

  7. Racial/Ethnic Population Change within HISD Trustee Districts 2000 – 2010 for Total Population and Voting Age Population (VAP) Andrews Kurth

  8. Racial/Ethnic Population Change within HISD Trustee Districts 2000 – 2010 for Total Population and Voting Age Population (VAP) Andrews Kurth

  9. Racial/Ethnic Population Change within HISD Trustee Districts 2000 – 2010 for Total Population and Voting Age Population (VAP) Andrews Kurth

  10. Racial/Ethnic Population Change within HISD Trustee Districts 2000 – 2010 for Total Population and Voting Age Population (VAP) Andrews Kurth

  11. Racial/Ethnic Population Change within HISD Trustee Districts 2000 – 2010 for Total Population and Voting Age Population (VAP) Andrews Kurth

  12. Racial/Ethnic Population Change within HISD Trustee Districts 2000 – 2010 for Total Population and Voting Age Population (VAP) Andrews Kurth

  13. Racial/Ethnic Population Change within HISD Trustee Districts 2000 – 2010 for Total Population and Voting Age Population (VAP) Andrews Kurth

  14. Racial/Ethnic Population Change within HISD Trustee Districts 2000 – 2010 for Total Population and Voting Age Population (VAP) Andrews Kurth

  15. Racial/Ethnic Population Change within HISD Trustee Districts 2000 – 2010 for Total Population and Voting Age Population (VAP) Andrews Kurth

  16. EXISTING HISD DISTRICTS Andrews Kurth

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  18. HISD PROPOSED DISTRICTS MAP Andrews Kurth

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  20. HISD District Population Estimates Preliminary Plan Andrews Kurth

  21. HISD District Population Estimates Preliminary Plan (continued) Andrews Kurth

  22. HISD District Population Estimates Preliminary Plan (continued) Andrews Kurth

  23. Gene Locke Andrews Kurth LLP 600 Travis Suite 4200 Houston,Texas (713) 220-3956 QUESTIONS? Dr. Richard Murray Dept. of Political Science University of Houston Houston, Texas (713) 743-3909 (713) 743-3927 Rolando Rios The Law Offices of Rolando Rios 115 E. Travis Suite 1024 San Antonio, Texas (210) 222-2102 Andrews Kurth

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