FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The U.S. Department of Justice made big headlines in recent weeks by filing a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Louisiana Scholarship Program.

The lawsuit claims that student transfers that result from the private school voucher program have resulted in student populations in various districts that fail to conform to federal desegregation policies.

But a new study, “The Louisiana Voucher Study: Contrary to Justice Department Claims, Student Transfers Improve Racial Integration,” produced by researchers at the University of Arkansas, claims exactly what its title suggests.

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As described by Education Next, “(The study) shows that in the 34 districts under federal desegregation orders, including the 24 districts specifically named in the DOJ lawsuit, LSP transfers actually improve integration in both the public schools that students leave and the private schools in which they enroll.”

A copy of the study can be accessed at educationnext.org.