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· 9/19/2023

In re Interest of Maddison S. & Matthew S.

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  • holding that the court must compare the “racial composition of Hazelwood’s teaching staff and the racial composition of the qualified public school teacher population.”
  • holding that the proper comparison for a claim of racial discrimina- tion in teaching positions must be between the school's actual teach- ing staff and the racial composition of qualified public school teachers in the relevant market
  • upholding statistical analysis that grouped testing procedures for all supervisory ranks of police department
  • \[P]roper comparison was between the racial composition of [the employer's] teaching staff and the racial composition of the qualified public school teacher population in the relevant labor market\
  • relevant comparison is \between the racial composition of [the school's] teaching staff and the racial composition ... in the relevant labor market\
  • “Where gross statistical disparities can be shown, they alone may in a proper case constitute prima facie proof of a pattern or practice of discrimination.”

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