Why were the Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) regulations amended for the 2010 grant competition?
The MSAP regulations were amended to provide greater flexibility to school districts designing MSAP programs for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 grant competition. These changes remove provisions in the regulations that required districts to use binary racial classifications, and prohibit the creation of magnet schools that result in minority group enrollments in magnet or feeder schools exceeding the district-wide average of minority group students. This new flexibility is necessary to permit school districts interested in receiving funds under this program to determine how best to meet program requirements while also taking into account relevant Supreme Court case law that was issued since the last competition was held in the program, including the Court’s decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No 1 et al., 551 U.S. 701 (2007) (Parents Involved).
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