Several lawyers reacted to an agreement between the Minneapolis teachers union and school district to lay off White teachers first, regardless of seniority, saying it us “unconstitutional,” and predicting it could end up at the Supreme Court.
“The Supreme Court has been crystal clear, public schools cannot terminate teachers based on their skin color,” Kimberly Hermann, general counsel for the Southeastern Legal Foundation told Fox News Digital. “The contract between Minneapolis Public Schools and the local teachers union (aka K-12 cartel) is unconstitutional, illegal, and sets our country back decades in race relations.”
The agreement, which ended a two-week strike earlier this year, protects “underrepresented” populations from layoffs, and is designed “to remedy the continuing effects of past discrimination,” according to a spokesperson for the Minneapolis Public Schools.