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2004 SESSION
HJ 158 Grutter v. Bollinger; affirming Supreme Court's decision in recent landmark case on affirm. action.
Introduced by: Viola O. Baskerville | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Affirming the Supreme Court decision in Grutter v. Bollinger. Affirms the Supreme Court's decision in the recent landmark case, Grutter v. Bollinger, in which the Court upheld the constitutionality of the University of Michigan Law School's admissions policy designed to promote diversity in higher education by ensuring the inclusion of racial and ethnic minority students historically underrepresented in the law school. The law school's admissions policy considers race as one of many factors in the context of an individualized consideration of all applicants. This resolution calls upon Virginia's policy makers and educators to affirm the Supreme Court's decision by encouraging public institutions of higher education to shape or revise their college admissions policies to comply with the Court's decision.
This resolution is a recommendation of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission's Steering Committee on the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.
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HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 044228228
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/11/04 House: Tabled in Rules (12-Y 4-N)