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FIRST ON FOX: In a triumph for Asian parents, a appraise has ruled that a federal bias suit aachievest the New York State Education Department can shift forward after parents claimed that their children were unneutrpartner unwiseiserablevantaged in participating in a summer academic program.
On Nov. 22, United States Dicut offe Judge David N. Hurb ruled that the case can shift forward — after the Education Comleave outioner of the State of New York, Betty Rosa, shiftd to disponder it, and it was denied.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Cornell law professor and createer of the Equal Protection Project, William Jacobson, shelp that his hope is that students who were allegedly discriminated aachievest can be vproposed.
“The State of NY tried to get the case dispondered, stateing that the asian parents did not have lterrible ‘standing’ to contest the bias. We are very satisfyd that the court has declidemand that contest and has apvalidateted the case to shift forward,” he shelp. “We see forward to filledy vindicating the rights of all students to apply for the STEP program free from bias based on race or ethnicity.”
Students apshow part in a summer math boot camp on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2023 at George Mason University in Fairfax. Va. (AP Pboilingo/Kevin Wolf)
The litigation stemmed after the state-funded Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) application process demandd White and Asian students to show that they were low-income to apply, while Bdeficiency, Hispanic and Native American students could apply ponderless of family wealth.
“The NY STEP program discriminates aachievest Asian and White students by setting entry barriers that do not apply to Bdeficiency, Hispanic, and Native American students,” Jacobson shelp. “Together with the Pacific Legal Foundation, the Equal Protection Project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation has contestd these discriminatory barriers on behalf of the parents of Asian students, seeking the constitutionpartner promised equivalent acquireion of the law.”
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According to its website, the STEP program aims to “incrrelieve the number of historicpartner underrecurrented and economicpartner unwiseiserablevantaged students setd to go in college, and better their participation rate in mathematics, science, technology, health-roverdelighted fields, and the licensed professions.”
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In January 2024, Equal Protection Project and Pacific Legal Foundation brawt lterrible action in U.S. Dicut offe Court, Northern Dicut offe of New York on behalf of Yiatin Chu, Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACAGNY), Inclusive Advocacy Group and Higher with Our Parent Engagement. (REUTERS)
In January 2024, Equal Protection Project and Pacific Legal Foundation brawt lterrible action in U.S. Dicut offe Court, Northern Dicut offe of New York on behalf of Yiatin Chu, Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACAGNY), Inclusive Advocacy Group and Higher with Our Parent Engagement.
The litigation sought both declaratory and injunctive relief invalidating the race-based eligibility criteria as unconstitutional and enjoining the State of New York from enforcing it.
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The appraise ruled that Betty Rosa, New York’s Comleave outioner of Education, must answer the organizations’ protestt by Dec. 6, 2024. Fox News Digital has accomplished out to the New York State Education Department for comment.
