NJ Supreme Court won’t weigh in yet on school segregation case

A group of parents and advocacy groups first claimed in 2018 that New Jersey schools are impermissibly segregated. The case is now before the appellate division.

By: Sophie Nieto-Munoz

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: May 12, 2026

Words: 401

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The New Jersey Supreme Court has declined to fast-track an eight-year-old lawsuit that alleges the state’s schools are unconstitutionally segregated by race, deciding that the case must first be heard by an appellate court before the high court can get involved.

Latino Action Network, a plaintiff in the case, had asked for the Supreme Court to step in “so that justice will not further be delayed — and thereby denied,” but court …

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