LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Jefferson County Public Schools will lose almost $10 million in federal grants used for magnet programs because of civil rights violations.
The $9.7 million Magnet School Assistance Program grant was awarded to JCPS last year. It allowed programs at Western High School and Coleridge Taylor Elementary to expand. The federal cut comes as the district is already facing a financial crisis with a $188 million deficit.
In copies WDRB obtained through an Open Records Request from JCPS, the U.S. Education Office for Civil Rights notified JCPS in July that the district was in violation of Title VI for “unlawfully considering race, engaging in racial balancing, and by utilizing a funding formula that explicitly discriminates based on the racial makeup of its schools.”…