The New Mexico Supreme Court has cleared the way for an antidiscrimination lawsuit to proceed against the state’s largest school district.

More than six years after an Albuquerque Public Schools high school teacher made headlines for a racial remark in the classroom, the New Mexico Supreme Court now says a precedent-setting lawsuit against APS can move forward.

Public schools and higher education institutions in New Mexico can now be sued under the state's anti-discrimination law after a ruling by the New Mexico Supreme Court. Thursday's ruling from the five-member court creates broader protections for students and also opens the door to Public Schools being taken to court as it was in 2020 after a student alleged a teacher called

In a unanimous opinion issued Thursday, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled the New Mexico Human Rights Act includes public schools and universities as places of public accommodation. The decision means a lawsuit by Native American student McKenzie Johnson,