"The issue is important because this is a brazen attack on Minnesota's equal protection guarantees," said Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch. Lawyers for Clapp, the named plaintiff, declined to make her available for an interview.
The lawsuit calls for a ruling to declare such "racial and ethnic preference" provisions - and the use of taxpayer dollars to implement them - illegal.Ī spokeswoman with Minneapolis Public Schools said she could not comment on pending litigation.
The agreement that ended the three-week teachers strike in March includes contract language that upends last-in, first-out hiring practices as a way to retain "members of populations underrepresented among licensed teachers." Those protections go into effect this spring and aim to help the district diversify its teaching staff to more closely match the demographics of the students it serves. Deborah Jane Clapp, identified as a Minneapolis taxpayer, is the plaintiff. The lawsuit, filed Monday by the conservative Judicial Watch, names interim Superintendent Rochelle Cox, the district and the Minneapolis board of education as defendants. An education foundation based in Washington, D.C., has brought a lawsuit against Minneapolis Public Schools, alleging that the district's latest teacher contract provides discriminatory protections to racial minorities.
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