Bonta supports Boston’s race-neutral school effort that may affect affirmative action here

Alongside 16 other attorney generals across the nation, California Attorney General Rob Bonta supported the city of Boston’s effort to initiate a “race-neutral” admission policy in an amicus brief filed Monday.

The Boston School Committee voted in 2020 to consider an applicant’s socioeconomic status and drop a standardized test in its admissions process for its three competitive high schools — deemed some of the most prestigious public high schools in the U.S.