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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal proclaimed Tuesday evening, "the people in Washington running our federal government are more interested in skin color than they are in education." This was after Louisiana submitted a court-ordered proposal to the Department of Justice to modify how information about the Louisiana Scholarship Program is shared. This is a result of a federal judge's November ruling that the program needs federal oversight.

Jindal loves the program because it helps low-income kids leave failing public schools and enroll in private schools (using taxpayer dollars). Now, with the DOJ's involvement, he fears it will be "regulated to death." He said yesterday,

President Obama’s Department of Justice has admitted it cannot prove that Louisiana school choice is violating desegregation efforts, yet it continues to seek the ability to tell a parent their child cannot escape a failing school because their child is not the ‘right’ race. The Department of Justice proposal reeks of federal government intrusion and proves the people in Washington running our federal government are more interested in skin color than they are in education.

Attorney General Eric Holder and the DOJ, however, are concerned that the vouchers Louisiana issued have affected the desegregation process in the state. Many counties in Louisiana are still under desegregation orders, and letting kids bounce out of public schools affects the racial balance of those schools.