Wisconsin Lawmakers’ Debate Over Race in Student-Aid Program Was Needless

November 3, 2011, 9:46 pm

A bitter controversy on Tuesday night in the Wisconsin State Assembly over the use of race in a state student-aid program turns out to have been moot. Lawmakers were surprised when a Democrat proposed removing race as a factor that could qualify students for the program, which offers grants of up to $1,800. After a long debate, the measure received preliminary approval early Wednesday. But according to the Associated Press, the state agency that awards the grants no longer considers race as a criterion. Apparently no member of the Assembly was aware of the agency’s shift.

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dank48

Hmm. Lawmakers talking about things they don’t know about. These folks are ready for Washington.
11231925

If a 2006 civil rights complaint led to a ruling under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that the award of grants under the Talent Incentive Program discriminated against non-minority students, then the legislation authorizing this program would have to be altered to eliminate the use of race in determining eligibility for these HEAB grants.

That is exactly what happened after the November 2004 Office for Civil Rights (U. S. Department of Education) ruled that the Precollege Minority Scholarship program operated by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) violated Title VI. One part of the agreement signed by DPI required that the legislation authorizing this program be amended, by renaming it and by eliminating any mention of minority status as a criterion for eligibility for these scholarships. That was done, and as i recall, the State Legislature made those changes in 2006 or 2007.

To suggest there was no need for the action of the Assembly this week misses the point. Obviously, the legislation authorizing this program had to be brought into conformance with the OCR ruling, a ruling that came in response to the complaint it received, investigated, and acted upon.

W. Lee Hansen, Prof. Emeritus, Economics, UW-Madison
katisumas

…and we pay those lawmakers and their staff how much?????
ronchris

Hmm …
“The 2010 population of Wisconsin, according to the U.S. Census, was 86.2% white, 6.3% black, and 5.9% Hispanic. “As of last February,” WUWM reported, “just over 51 percent of the grants went to minority students while nearly 49 percent went to whites.”

So – it seems the change to these grants will help. Unless you think the income disparity in WI is such that there are roughly 9 times as many minorities as whites who need the assistance.
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