IL state teacher scholarship program unconstitutionally excludes white applicants, lawsuit says – Cook County Record

"Illinois can offer assistance to young, aspiring teachers, but not when they exclude a significant number of applicants based on their skin color,” said Pacific Legal Foundation  attorney Erin Wilcox, in a release announcing the lawsuit. “The exclusion of non-minority applicants not only misses the mark on providing an equal opportunity for all future teachers, it violates the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause.”