Judicial Watch files lawsuit against Minneapolis public schools over race-based layoff policy

Judicial Watch announced Tuesday it filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Minneapolis taxpayer over an agreement between the Minneapolis teachers union and Minneapolis school district to exempt "underrepresented populations" from seniority-based layoffs.

Earlier this year, to end a 14-day teacher strike, the Minneapolis Public Schools and Minneapolis Federation of Teachers reached an agreement that provided "protections for educators of color" from seniority-based layoffs.

"If excessing a teacher who is a member of a population underrepresented among licensed teachers in the site, the District shall excess the next least senior teacher, who is not a member of an underrepresented population," the agreement reads.