Jindal: Obama administration ‘more interested in skin color than in education’

◼ DOJ Continues Pursuit of Federal Oversight Over Louisiana Voucher Program - Washington Free Beacon

Gov. Jindal: “The Department of Justice proposal reeks of federal government intrusion and proves the people in Washington running our federal government are more interested in skin color than they are in education.”

...“President Obama’s Department of Justice is continuing its attempt to red-tape and regulate the Louisiana Scholarship Program to death,” Gov. Bobby Jindal (R.) said in a statement. “The department’s request for a 45-day review period for every scholarship award shows the Justice Department believes bureaucrats in Washington know better than Louisiana parents.”

The DOJ has been suing Louisiana since August, first seeking a permanent injunction against the program on the grounds that it “impedes desegregation.” The DOJ has since dropped its injunction request, but is still demanding federal oversight of the program to ensure the “racial balance” of public schools are not disturbed....

The DOJ is also requesting Brumfield compliance forms and applications for private schools, which includes the “student enrollment, by race, at the school for the current school year.”

Jindal said asking for the racial composition of all private school students is “frightening.”

“I am also shocked to learn that the Justice Department is now asking for the state to provide an analysis of the racial composition of our state’s private schools,” he said. “The federal government’s new request is a frightening overreach of the federal government and shows it knows no bounds.”

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