Wisconsin Institute of Law and Liberty Lawsuit is an attack on technical colleges and their students.
Wisconsin Institute of Law and Liberty Lawsuit is an attack on technical colleges and their students
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty’s (WILL) litigation challenging the Wisconsin Higher Educational Aid Board’s (HEAB) Minority Retention Grant is an attack on the state’s students of color and on Milwaukee Area Technical College.
According to the U.S. Department of Education’s “College Scorecard” 66% percent of MATC’s students receive federal Pell Grants. Those grants cover less than 60% of the cost of attending a two-year college. The HEAB Minority Undergraduate Retention grants are available to students at the state’s technical and tribal colleges and can help students who might otherwise not be able to attend college on Pell grants alone. Gaps between costs and financial aid, explains Dr.
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The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty is helping Wisconsin taxpayers, including a biracial couple, sue the state over its “Minority Grant Program” because it turns out the college scholarship only applies to certain minorities in violation of the state Constitution.
The lawsuit, filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court on Thursday afternoon, contends that the Higher Educational Aids Board, the state agency that administers the Minority Undergraduate Retention Program, discriminates on the basis of race and national origin in how it distributes the scholarship and is thus unconstitutional.
“The state of Wisconsin is engaged in race discrimination, pure and simple,” said Dan Lennington, deputy counsel for the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty. “Many students are denied scholarships based on their race or where their family comes from. This program violates the state Constitution and basic notions of equality and fairness.”