Race-based funding for Minority-Serving Institutions unconstitutional: Linda McMahon supports official legal finding
US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has endorsed the Office of Legal Counsel’s (OLC) opinion ruling race-based criteria in Minority Serving Institution (MSI) programmes unconstitutional. The decision follows litigation challenging Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) and other MSI grants. McMahon said in a statement issued by the Department of Education that taxpayer funding must be merit-based. The Department plans to reprogramme discretionary funds while maintaining previously allocated mandatory funding, reviewing the full impact across affected MSI programmes.
US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has endorsed the Office of Legal Counsel’s (OLC) opinion ruling race-based criteria in Minority Serving Institution (MSI) programmes unconstitutional. The decision follows litigation challenging Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) and other MSI grants. McMahon said in a statement issued by the Department of Education that taxpayer funding must be merit-based. The Department plans to reprogramme discretionary funds while maintaining previously allocated mandatory funding, reviewing the full impact across affected MSI programmes.
