A New York City Board of Education test for public teaching applicants violates the Civil Rights Act because it discriminates against African-American and Latino applicants, a federal judge has ruled.
Southern District Judge Kimba Wood held the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test 2, or LAST-2, replaced by the city last year, had a disparate impact on minority applicants in violation of Title VII and was not sufficiently job-related.
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