UPDATE 1-US court rejects race as factor in school programs

(Reuters) - WASHINGTON, June 28 - A bitterly divided U.S.
Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that race cannot be used to
decide where students go to school, one of the most important
civil rights rulings in years that could affect millions of
students nationwide.




By a 5-4 vote on the last day of its term, the court's
conservative majority struck down voluntary programs adopted in
Seattle and Louisville, Kentucky, to attain racial diversity in
public school classrooms.


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