Virginia Court Rules Elite School's Admissions Policy Non-Discriminatory.

A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of a new admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia, which critics say discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans. The ruling overturns a previous decision that found the Fairfax County School Board engaged in impermissible "racial balancing" when it overhauled the admissions policy at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. The new policy aims to increase diversity at the school, and while Asian American representation decreased, Black and Hispanic representation increased.