Based on our findings, the district allocates additional resources to certain students and schools based on skin color alone. The Trump Administration needs to fully investigates this unlawful, race-based approach.”
WILL Client, Miranda Stovall, stated, “Parents need to see what’s happening with their children and their tax dollars. A child’s race should never determine their value, yet this is the message JCPS is sending to every student in the district––including my own. This practice is unlawful, immoral, and harms every student in the district.”
Additional Background: JCPS allocated more than $35 million in “Racial Equity Funding” for the 2024–25 school year alone, which provides certain schools with hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional funding based on their percentage of students of color. This includes discretionary funds that allocate an additional $1,000 to $1,500 per pupil for minority students simply because of their race.