NYC will pay out $1.8 billion to minorities who failed ‘racist’ teacher test

New York City will pay out $1.8 billion dollars to some 5,200 aspiring and former minority teachers who failed a certification exam deemed racially discriminatory.

The city is now settling a nearly three-decade-old federal lawsuit that several years ago found the test biased against black and Hispanic former and aspiring public school educators, the New York Post reported Saturday.

“As of Friday, 225 people who failed the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test used for teacher licensing from 1994 to 2014 had already been notified they’re getting settlements of at least $1 million [each],” according to an analysis of Manhattan federal court records conducted by the Post.