A state appeals court ruled a Wisconsin college grant program restricted to certain students of color was unconstitutional and ordered the state to end administering the program.
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, a law firm representing conservative interests, sued the state board that awards scholarships and loans to college students over its taxpayer-funded Minority Undergraduate Retention Grant program. State law restricts program eligibility to African American, American Indian, Hispanic and some Southeast Asian students.
WILL argued the program criteria amounted to racial discrimination because students who are Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, North African, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander or white don’t qualify. The firm argued this violates the clause of the state Constitution that says everyone is equal.
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