Wisconsin Supreme Court rules against race-based scholarships
- On Thursday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously ruled the state's 40-year-old race-based college grant program unconstitutional, finding it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
- Established in 1985, the Minority Undergraduate Retention Grant program provided financial aid to Black, American Indian, Hispanic, and certain Southeast Asian students to help overcome educational barriers.
- The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty sued the Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board in 2021, arguing the program's race-based criteria amounted to discrimination by excluding students of other backgrounds.
- During the 2023-24 school year, the Higher Educational Aids Board awarded nearly $800,000 in grants to 770 students, with recipients receiving up to $2,500 annually to defray college costs.
- Justice Jill Karofsky concurred with the ruling, citing U.S. Supreme Court precedent, but noted systemic racism persists and suggested targeting economically disadvantaged students as an alternative for retention efforts.
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A Wisconsin grant program intended to benefit minority students was struck down by the state's supreme court as discriminatory on Thursday.The court relied heavily on a previous U.S. Supreme Court opinion against race-based admission programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.'This is also a big win for taxpayers, who can now challenge many other race-based programs in state court.'The Minority Undergraduate Retention Grant Program…
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