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JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Louisiana begins overhaul of $4 billion school funding formula Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 2026

The Minimum Foundation Program Formula Task Force held its first meeting at the Capitol, beginning a review that could go considerably further than the annual adjustments typically made to the roughly $4 billion funding system.

AI:The Minimum Foundation Program Formula Task Force has convened at the state Capitol to begin a comprehensive review of Louisiana's $4 billion school funding system. Moving beyond standard annual adjustments, this task force aims to overhaul the entire formula used to allocate resources across the state's education budget. This fundamental restructuring represents a significant shift in how educational funds will be distributed among students and districts throughout Louisiana.Open

JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Justice Department cites Duke Law for discrimination based on race in admissions Fri Aug 7 00:00:00 2026

Duke University School of Law, seventh-best nationally in a U.S. News & World Report ranking, discriminated based on race in admissions for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 classes, says the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. DOJ.

JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - HUD launches civil rights investigations into university housing programs over race discrimination Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 2026

HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity is investigating the University of Connecticut and the University of Minnesota to determine whether their campus housing programs violate the Fair Housing Act by steering or advertising housing opportunities based on race or ethnicity.

JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - DOJ concludes Yale Medical School discriminated by race, demands reform Thu May 14 00:00:00 2026

The announcement from the DOJ's Civil Rights Division follows a similar conclusion it released earlier this month that UCLA's medical school discriminated by race.