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1980sSupport for desegregation continued through the early 1980s. In 1982, in Bob Jones University v. U.S., the Court held that racial discrimination in education violated a “fundamental national policy” and permitted the IRS to withhold tax exempt status from private schools with discriminatory policies. The early 1980s also saw some of the highest levels of integration in schools in American history, with gains most clearly seen in the large school districts in the South under mandatory busing programs. By the late 1980s, the rising Latino population increased the complexity of desegregation issues, and there was growing objection to busing as a solution for segregation. Additionally, the Reagan administration shifted official governmental policy from one of support for affirmative action to one of strong opposition. The Reagan administration also opposed bilingual education, a precursor of the strong public opposition to bilingual education in the 1990s. |
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