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US Supreme Court rejects Boston case over race in school admissions


Published on 2024-12-09 10:22:27 - Reuters
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  • The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday a chance to further restrict efforts to promote racial diversity in education, turning away a case over whether criteria that had been used to decide admissions to elite public high schools in Boston discriminated against white and Asian students.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case on December 9, 2024, regarding a challenge to Boston's school admissions policy that considers race, thereby leaving in place a lower court's decision that the policy does not violate the U.S. Constitution. The case was brought by a group of white and Asian American students who argued that the admissions process at three prestigious public schools in Boston discriminated against them by giving preference to Black and Hispanic applicants. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had previously upheld the policy, stating that it was narrowly tailored to achieve diversity and did not unduly burden any racial group. By not taking up the case, the Supreme Court effectively upheld this ruling, maintaining the status quo on race-conscious admissions in Boston's public schools.

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