N.J. school segregation lawsuit moves forward, judge orders districts to be notified

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Jan 10, 2020
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by Joe Hernandez, WHY-PBS

A judge ruled Friday that a major lawsuit against the state of New Jersey over racial and socioeconomic segregation in the public school system can move forward.

The complaint, first filed in 2018, alleges that New Jersey has de facto segregation of its public school system, because district boundaries roughly align with municipal boundaries, which are largely segregated by race and wealth.

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