S.F. Desegregation Plan Hurts Chinese Students, Suit Says

By Peter Schmidt

The San Francisco school district's 11-year-old desegregation plan discriminates against students of Chinese descent, Chinese-American parents have charged in a federal lawsuit.

The suit, filed last month in U.S. District Court, targets admissions policies established under a 1983 agreement between the school system and the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

The policies prohibit schools from enrolling more than a certain percentage of children from any one racial or ethnic group. Those caps have kept some Chinese-origin students out of a prestigious public high school and forced others to attend schools far from their...

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