Delgado v. Bastrop ISD is associated with which ruling?

• A. Segregation of Mexican American children in Texas schools was illegal.
• B. Segregation was upheld.
• C. Bilingual education mandated.
• D. Voting rights addressed.

Answer: (A)

Delgado v. Bastrop ISD tests whether Mexican American students could be kept separate in Texas public schools. The ruling held that separating Mexican American children into their own schools or classrooms violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause, so that segregation in that district was illegal. This decision joined a broader push against school segregation and helped pave the way for later cases like Mendez v. Westminster and Brown v. Board of Education. The other options don’t fit because they describe outcomes or issues (upholding segregation, mandating bilingual education, addressing voting rights) that aren’t what this ruling decided.