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January 13, 2012

Tucson Suspends Ethnic Studies Program Under Threat of Funding Cut 
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In Arizona, the Tucson Unified School District has voted to suspend its
acclaimed Mexican American Studies program under the threat of a loss of
funding for allowing it to continue. A school administrator had
previously ruled the program violates a new state law that bans the
teaching of any class designed for a particular ethnic group or that
"promote[s] resentment toward a race or class of people." Under the
ruling, the District would have lost up to $14 million dollars in
funding this fiscal year had it allowed the program to carry on.



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