Why has the definition of minority group isolation been removed?
The regulations in 34 C.F.R. ยง 280.4(b) previously defined the term minority group isolation, in reference to a school, to mean “a condition in which minority group children constitute more than 50 percent of the enrollment of the school.” We removed this definition because it required the use of only two racial classifications of students — “minority group” and “nonminority group” students — which was found to be “problematic” in the decision in the Parents Involved case. We have not redefined the term minority group isolation in these interim final regulations.
