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Tucson Suspends Ethnic Studies Program under Threat of Funding Cut

HeadlineJan 13, 2012

In Arizona, the Tucson Unified School District has voted to suspend its acclaimed Mexican American Studies program under the threat of a loss of funding for allowing it to continue. A school administrator had previously ruled the program violates a new state law that bans the teaching of any class designed for a particular ethnic group or that “promote[s] resentment toward a race or class of people.” Under the ruling, the district would have lost up to $14 million in funding this fiscal year had it allowed the program to carry on.

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