Has Lower Columbia College heard of I-200?

I was reading the Longview Daily News today and what to my wandering eyes appear? A story about how Lower Columbia College will be offering a FREE nursing class. The catch? You have to be a Latino.

Now, Initiative 200 was voted into place a few years back. We've all heard of it, right? It says this:

"The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.

Can this be a clearer violation of the law?



Free LCC nursing class targets Latinos
By Hope Anderson
Mar 24, 2005 - 07:45:24 am PST

One of Lower Columbia College's fast-growing programs -- nursing -- doesn't have any students currently enrolled from the Latino community, the fastest-growing minority group in the county.

To remedy that, the school is offering a free nursing assistant class this spring for Latinos.

The program's lack of diversity "does not reflect what is going on in the community," said Helen Kuebel, the nursing program director. "We're trying to reach out."

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