A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down the exclusive Kamehameha Schools' policy of admitting only Native Hawaiians, saying it amounts to unlawful racial discrimination.If they receive no federal money and a federal court can tell them what to do,how much longer before Catholic schools and places like Hillsdale College are run by the Department of Education?
Overturning a lower court, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals in San Francisco ruled 2-1 that the practice at the private school violates federal civil rights law even though the institution receives no federal funding.
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
A bad day for private education
The Associated Press is running this rather disturbing story:
