Despite years of debate, Latino and black acceptance rates to New York City's elite public high schools have stagnated at low levels.
, worrying that their voices were not considered on a move which would drastically affect their student populations. Asian American students currently hold more than half of the seats at specialized high schools, despite comprising only roughly a third of SHSAT test takers.
José Pérez, deputy general counsel for LatinoJustice PRLDEF, said he feels “just frustration, disappointment, and particularly by this mayor and this chancellor.” He adds that while he supported initial efforts, like the expansion of the Discovery program, “clearly they were not sufficient.” In 2012, the group filed a federal civil rights complaint against the city’s department of education alongside the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College, citing the thousands of black and Latino students who were denied admissions by the SHSAT. Pérez said that while the city has since claimed to have vetted the test — one of the key criticisms of the initial complaint — the underlying issue remains unsolved.
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