A Delaware Chancery Court judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the state of failing to meet its constitutional obligation to educate disadvantaged students, giving credence to NAACP claims that students in the First State had become “re-segregated” by race and class.

In a 133-page opinion, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster said it appeared that the current system for allocating public school resources was suffering from “deep structural flaws” that favored more privileged students over those who are poor, disabled or learning to speak English as a second language.

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