Constitutional Law

Calif. Court Says Schools Can Use Affirmative Action, Despite Prop. 209

A California state court tossed aside an effort to prohibit the Los Angeles Unified School District from using affirmative action policy in admissions for its magnet school. A lawsuit was lodged against the school district by proponents of Proposition 209, which banned affirmative action policies by the state. The 2nd District Appellate Court, however, said that a judicial order of 1981 mandating affirmative action could not be undone by Proposition 209. The state appellate court noted that Proposition 209, approved by voters in 1996, included exceptions for “preexisting court-ordered desegregation programs,” the Los Angeles Times reported. An attorney with the ACLU who defended the school district’s policy said the ruling was “an unequivocal victory for students in this district and terrific news for students statewide.”

Full post as published by ACS Blog on December 31, 1969 (boomark / email).