[Sonny M]

Liberals don't know when to leave a good thing alone, I can already see them trying to tinker with this, and god knows, they are going to screw this up.

[jordan8]

Jazmin Padron arrived in Texas three years ago, a bright-eyed Mexican teenager with little English and no thought of attending college
No mention of her legal status, but it doesn't matter since everyone in the world is now an American who just hasn't gotten here yet and is entitled to full benefits at taxpayer expense.

"to university officials, who openly regret the death of affirmative action, the 10 percent law is a way to achieve its goals without adopting the means
In other words, it is affirmative action by another name. It's another example of the sham of democracy and the rule of law in the face of the technology of mass-communication. The left controls the media, the media controls (or at least dominates) politics and society. The left can never really lose because they have the power of the media, and the media is the locus of political power in the modern age. When faced with popular opposition and legal barriers to one of their cherished programs they simply rename it, if necessary back off a little bit, and bide their time until they can reinstitute and expand it. The opposition party dare not seriously oppose them because they must abide by the rules of society set up by the Mullahs in the Church of Television, and also cannot afford to antagonize the very instituions that they depend on for their livelihood, and from which they pray for benign neglect. So if the courts or the people throw a rare monkey wrench in the Machine, the Republicans are glad to get together with their Democratic colleagues, cook up a P.R. scheme that gives Massa most of what he wants, pretend it's not a lie and thank God they are not being assailed as racists.

[js1138]

Sounds suspiciously like Jeb Bush's One florida plan that has been in effect for a couple of years. How can a copy be a model?

[zeaal]

Our daughter is 49 out of 452, so she is JUST missing the top 10%. Doggone it. Not too much will change between now and the end of the year for her or the other students 48 and less.

[js1138]

I believe Folrida's law guarantees admission to the top 20 percent of each high school, provided the student has taken college prep courses. It does not guarantee admission to the more selective schools.

[1L]

This really isn't that great of a plan. There are those in smaller and rural districts that are graduating in the top 10% of their class having never even had a pre-Calculus class, while others in competitive school districts get out in the top 20% and have trouble getting into A&M and t.u. I think, for those two schools, the auto figure ought to be 5%, and then 10% for the rest of the schools.