Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1: Dubious Prospects for Diversity as a Compelling Governmental Interest
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Mark Bradbury Ph.D., Associate Professor, Director of MPA Program (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: The Supreme Court applied strict scrutiny to diversification plans for public high school
enrollment in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1
(2007). Unlike the diversity plan upheld in Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), where law school
applicants were potentially denied a benefit, all students in the Seattle plan were awarded
a high school seat but perhaps not in their preferred school. Nevertheless, this plan was
struck down by the Court as a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, on the grounds that
it was not sufficiently narrowly tailored. The question of whether diversity can withstand
the other aspect of strict scrutiny, serving a compelling government interest, was not as
definitively answered, although the prospects appear dim. A reasonable inference from
Parents Involved for public human resource management is that race-conscious diversity
plans are not likely to receive constitutional cover from the current Court.
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1: Dubious Prospects for Diversity as a Compelling Governmental Interest
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- Publication
- Bradbury, M. D. (2008) Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1: Dubious prospects for diversity as a compelling governmental interest. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 28(4): 385-391. (Dec 2008). Published by Sage (ISSN: 0734-371X). DOI:10.1177/0734371X08317601
- Language: English
- Date: 2008