Decades after California voters approved a ban on affirmative action, Gov. Gavin Newsom is citing the state law as a hindrance to giving schools extra funding to support Black students.
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California’s Black students are the lowest academically performing group, with 30% meeting English standards and 15% meeting math standards in the 2021-22 academic year, according to. Comparatively, 61% of white students met reading standards, and 48% met math standards. That means that 95% of Black students in California will be impacted because they are enrolled in districts potentially facing those new accountability requirements due to low performance, according to Newsom’s staff.
A coalition of Black student advocates said that’s not the same as carving out money specifically for Black students. They estimate that more than 80,000 Black students have received no assistance from grants under the existing formula for otherwise at-risk students, and that the lowest income schools targeted in Newsom’s equity plan enroll only about 5% of the state’s Black students.
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