SAN DIEGO - Former California Republican Party Chairman and candidate for Lt
. Governor Ron Nehring today issued the following statement concerning the
effort by Sacramento Democrats to repeal parts of Proposition 209 to allow
for the reintroduction of racial discrimination in college admissions:
"Fairness is a key principle upon which our educational system should be
based. When students work hard and achieve so they can get into a good
school, they should have equal opportunity at admission regardless of
ethnicity or gender. This important principle is one of the key reasons
Californians originally passed Proposition 209 and it remains important
today. SCA-5 is intensely controversial because it would undermine this
basic principle of fairness and for this reason it should be rejected.
"There is a lack of fairness in our educational system today: many of our K-
12 schools, including large numbers that serve principally our African-
American and Latino communities, are failing our students, leaving them
unprepared for college, vocational training, and the workforce. As a former
school board member, I know the answer here is not to reintroduce
discrimination in college admissions, but to give students and parents new
options and alternatives too choose a better school when the school they are
now attending is failing or not a good fit. That's why I support expanding
school choice and charter school alternatives. No student should be dealt
a setback in life because the school the government has chosen for them is
not a good fit or is failing.
. Governor Ron Nehring today issued the following statement concerning the
effort by Sacramento Democrats to repeal parts of Proposition 209 to allow
for the reintroduction of racial discrimination in college admissions:
"Fairness is a key principle upon which our educational system should be
based. When students work hard and achieve so they can get into a good
school, they should have equal opportunity at admission regardless of
ethnicity or gender. This important principle is one of the key reasons
Californians originally passed Proposition 209 and it remains important
today. SCA-5 is intensely controversial because it would undermine this
basic principle of fairness and for this reason it should be rejected.
"There is a lack of fairness in our educational system today: many of our K-
12 schools, including large numbers that serve principally our African-
American and Latino communities, are failing our students, leaving them
unprepared for college, vocational training, and the workforce. As a former
school board member, I know the answer here is not to reintroduce
discrimination in college admissions, but to give students and parents new
options and alternatives too choose a better school when the school they are
now attending is failing or not a good fit. That's why I support expanding
school choice and charter school alternatives. No student should be dealt
a setback in life because the school the government has chosen for them is
not a good fit or is failing.
