Over a year after the Virginia-based conservative group Parents Defending Education filed a complaint with the federal Office for Civil Rights, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has announced plans to revise its Black Student Achievement Plan (BSAP). This program was initially designed to direct additional resources toward schools serving a third of the district’s Black student population, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Parents Defending Education argued that LAUSD’s plan violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment by providing extra services based on race. “The Los Angeles Unified School District is offering race-based programming for some students that is not open to all,” the group stated in an online post, as reported by the Times. The organization did not respond to requests for further comment.
