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The original goal was to make teachers look like students
A prominent legal team has announced that no further litigation is necessary now that a Wisconsin school district has agreed to end racist components of a scholarship program.
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty said it was notified by the Beloit School District that it would be making changes to its “development of its own multicultural teacher scholarship program.”
It previously had a “racial eligibility criterion.”
But the district said it is now delaying accepting new applications until the program “is revised and released accordingly.”
“We will continue to seek out and litigate discriminatory programs that undermine human dignity and violate the Constitution,” said Cara Tolliver, an attorney for the organization. “The district made the right decision to repeal the racial eligibility requirements for the GYO program. The requirement is based on nothing more than a constitutionally prohibited desire to match and balance students and faculty based on the color of their skin.
“We would like to see the district’s new GYO program open as soon as possible to serve as many students and staff as possible,” she said.
The district’s approach is to provide scholarships of up to $20,000 based on race to some minority students and staff who want to become teachers.
“The district also raises funds from its employees and board members through direct payroll deductions and other available options, and provides paid time off incentives to employees who contribute to the GYO Fund,” Will said. Report.
But this race-based plan has been struck down by the Supreme Court.
The legal team had earlier raised the issue with the school district, explaining that “all discriminatory programs” needed to be stopped.
Based on complaints about the district’s agenda, WILL warns that continuing to eliminate selections based on race will fail to meet the minimum standards of fairness mandated by the Constitution.
In fact, the legal team warned the school’s plan violated the U.S. Constitution and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
In issuing the warning, Tolliver said area residents should demand better from school leaders.
District officials set up the program to make teachers look like students.
But special privileges are given to “Black/African American,” “Native American/Alaskan,” “Asian” and “Hispanic/Latinx” program participants.
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