NEW: ACLU Calls Three-Tiered Diploma a ‘Caste System’

NEW: ACLU Calls Three-Tiered Diploma a ‘Caste System’

The Rhode Island ACLU and a coalition of nine other civil rights and community groups today warned that a new three-tiered diploma system would create a “caste system” in state schools, putting large numbers of Rhode Island students at risk of not even getting a diploma.

According to a press release, 90 percent or more of students who are African American, Latino, learning English as a second language, or in special education would be at risk of being denied a diploma or “stigmatized” when applying for jobs or college.

Those joining the ACLU in its protest were the RI Disability Law Center, the Autism Project of RI, Progreso Latino, and the Parent Support Network.

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Click here to view the viral video that criticized the new system. Click here to read GoLocalProv's exclusive interview with House Speaker Gordon Fox, where he raises concerns over the three-tiered diplomas.