School Desegregation Plan Legal, Judge Rules
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An Alameda County judge has ruled that the Berkeley school district’s desegregation plan doesn’t violate California’s ban on racial preferences.
Under the plan, the district is seeking to enroll a student population at each school that comes within 5% of the district’s overall racial population.
In a ruling released Wednesday, Superior Court Judge James Richman said the plan isn’t prohibited under Proposition 209, the 1996 voter-approved ban on racial and gender preferences.
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