Supreme Court Could End Race-Based Admissions At Elite US High Schools, Experts Say

The Supreme Court could take up a case that challenges the use of racial balancing practices at selective high schools following its ruling against race-based admission policies at universities, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The Supreme Court sided in June with Students for Fair Admissions, ruling that Harvard University and the University of North Carolina’s use of affirmative action admissions policies was unconstitutional and halting the practice across higher education institutions.

The Supreme Court could take up Coalition for TJ [Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology] v. Fairfax County School Board, a case that challenges the use of “holistic” admissions policies over merit-based policies, and strike down the use of such practices among K-12 schools by pointing to its June ruling, legal experts told the DCNF.