US EditionTennessee Sues U.S. Education Department over Funding for Hispanic-Serving Colleges
- On June 11, 2025, Tennessee's Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, together with the legal organization Students for Fair Admissions, initiated a federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Education Department's Hispanic-Serving Institutions grant program in Tennessee.
- The lawsuit follows the 2023 Supreme Court ruling that banned race-conscious admissions policies, arguing the HSI program unlawfully conditions grants on a college's student body being at least 25% Hispanic, excluding Tennessee schools.
- The HSI program awarded over $28 million in 2023 and Congress appropriated $228.9 million for 2024, but none of Tennessee's institutions meet the Hispanic enrollment threshold to qualify for funding.
- Skrmetti argued that a federal grant program excluding students on the basis of ethnicity is not only unjust and contrary to American values but also violates the Constitution, highlighting that the University of Memphis was deemed ineligible despite having a minority enrollment of 61%.
- The suit asks the court to declare the HSI program's ethnicity-based funding requirements unconstitutional and to extend federal aid to needy students regardless of racial or ethnic quotas.
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Tennessee challenged the Department of Education on Wednesday over a program that offers specific funding only to schools composed of at least 25% Hispanic students, arguing that the initiative is unconstitutional.Joined by the organization Students for Fair Admissions, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti sued the Education Department over its Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) program, which gives financial aid to institutions that have
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