The United States 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Wednesday voted to reconsider an earlier decision against Kamehameha Schools , an independent school in Honolulu, regarding the legality of its admission policy that favors Native Hawaiians . The case was filed in June 2003 on behalf of an anonymous non-Hawaiian student who applied for admission to Kamehameha and was rejected. U.S. District Judge Alan Kay ruled in November 2003 that Kamehameha's admission policy was not in violation of civil rights law, citing the school's unique historical circumstances and its mission in remediating the socioeconomic and educational disdvantages that Native Hawaiians face. Kay's ruling was overturned by the 9th Circuit in its August 2005 ruling. Kamehameha Schools was established in the 1884 will of Hawaiian princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop , the last direct descendant of King Kamehameha I. Her will directed that the schools give "preference to Hawaiians of pure or part aboriginal blood."
The United States 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Wednesday voted to reconsider an earlier decision against , an independent school in Honolulu, regarding the legality of its admission policy that favors . The case was filed in June 2003 on behalf of an anonymous non-Hawaiian student who applied for admission to Kamehameha and was rejected. U.S. District Judge Alan Kay ruled in November 2003 that Kamehameha's admission policy was not in violation of civil rights law, citing the school's unique historical circumstances and its mission in remediating the socioeconomic and educational disadvantages that Native Hawaiians face. Kay's ruling was overturned by the 9th Circuit in its August 2005 ruling. Kamehameha Schools was established in the 1884 will of Hawaiian princess , the last direct descendant of King Kamehameha I. Her will directed that the schools give "preference to Hawaiians of pure or part aboriginal blood."
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Bernice Pauahi Bishop