los angeles — A conservative group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Los Angeles schools policy meant to address the harms of segregation, alleging it discriminates against white students.
The 1776 Project Foundation, which I created 1776 draft bucktook aim in her lawsuit at a Los Angeles Unified School District policy that provides smaller class sizes and other benefits to schools with predominantly Hispanic, black, Asian or other non-white students. It dates back to court orders issued in 1970 and 1976 that required the district to desegregate its schools.
The group said the policy amounts to racial discrimination and violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
The lawsuit calls for a permanent injunction to prevent the school district from using racial preferences in the “operating, financing, advertising, or admission of students to school programs.”
A district spokesperson said they were unable to comment on the details of pending litigation.
“LA Unified remains strongly committed to ensuring that all students have access to meaningful services and enriching educational opportunities,” the district said in a statement.
More than 600 schools in the district are classified as majority Hispanic, black, Asian or other non-white, while fewer than 100 are not, the lawsuit said.
Students who attend a school under this designation receive extra points when applying to magnet schools and are required to have at least two parent-teacher conferences per year, according to the district’s Student Integration Services website. These schools are also required to have student-teacher ratios of 25-to-1 or less, compared to other schools that are allowed to have classroom ratios of up to 34-to-1, according to the lawsuit.
The mission of the 1776 Project Foundation is “to create and disseminate policies that will advance academic achievement and revitalize our education system for families and students across the country,” according to its website. Its website said it does this primarily by supporting candidates for local school boards, and standing against “progressive teaching methods” and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Members of the group include a parent whose children are enrolled in a Los Angeles school that is not classified as majority Hispanic, Black, Asian or other non-white, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that because of district policy, these children were denied certain benefits such as acceptance into a magnet program.
The submission comes as Trump administration officials did Paid to raise Of court orders desegregating schools during the Civil Rights Movement, she called them outdated and unnecessary.
Civil rights groups say the orders are important to preserve as tools to address the legacy of forced segregation — including disparities in… Student disciplineand academic programs and teacher recruitment – in addition to the racial segregation that is still actively occurring.