New York

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BACKGROUND

New York State has been home to several desegregation efforts, including the now abandoned court-ordered effort in Buffalo and the nation’s first voluntary interdistrict effort in Rochester. However, following a 2014 report from the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA naming New York the most segregated state in the nation, desegregation efforts in the state have taken on a renewed vigor.  In late 2014, the state announced a socioeconomic integration pilot program using federal School Improvement Grant funds. In 2015, following a concerted advocacy effort by principals and civil rights groups in New York City, Mayor de Blasio’s administration announced a student admissions pilot program designed to increase and preserve student diversity.

 

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