Supreme Court will hear Asian American parents' challenge to Montgomery County, Maryland magnet school lottery
The question: does a race-neutral policy count as discrimination if the targeted group still gets in above its share?
The parents say the lottery was designed to cut Asian American enrollment, but the 4th Circuit upheld dismissal of their suit because Asian students were still admitted above their share of applicants.
- Case: Association for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education
- Policy covers 4 selective magnet middle schools
- Montgomery County schools enroll more than 150,000 students (ABC News only)