Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 was a 2007 Supreme Court case that examined whether public school districts could consider students’ racial backgrounds when assigning students to schools to promote diversity. The Court ruled that doing so violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it amounted to race-based discrimination. The decision emphasized that school districts must find ways to promote integration without using race as a decisive factor, reinforcing the principle that policies must be race-neutral to ensure fairness.