Lawsuit: College Grant Program Not Open to All Minorities
By Associated Press
June 8, 2019 file photo, The White House is visible behind a man holding a Sudanese flag (AP Photo)
A lawsuit filed Thursday by a Madison couple and others alleges that a college grant program for minorities violates the Wisconsin Constitution.
The complaint said grants offered by the state’s Higher Educational Aids Board are available to some minorities but not to others. Konkanok Rabiebna and Richard Freihoefer, of Madison, say their biracial teenage son is not eligible for the grant program.
“Government programs must be available to everybody, not just certain racial groups,” Rabiebna said in a statement.