Overview
- The 1776 Project Foundation filed the lawsuit Tuesday in the Central District of California and seeks a permanent injunction blocking race-based preferences in district operations and programs.
- The complaint targets a policy that designates campuses as predominantly Hispanic, Black, Asian or other non-white and then directs additional benefits to those schools.
- Plaintiffs say more than 600 campuses receive advantages such as 25:1 class-size caps, extra points for magnet admissions, transportation, and mandated conferences, compared with fewer than 100 schools outside the designation.
- The group cites a member parent whose child could not access a magnet program or related benefits as evidence of harm and standing.
- LAUSD declined detailed comment and affirmed its commitment to equitable access, while civil rights lawyers and scholars argue the measures flow from 1970s desegregation orders intended to remedy segregation.