No Hispanics serve as school trustees in Irving ISD, whose officials estimate that 67 percent of students are Hispanic. About 42 percent of the city's residents are Hispanic, according to 2006 Census Bureau reports.
"The voting system puts the election of all school board members in the hands of the white majority," attorney Bill Brewer said. "It doesn't give ways for the significant Hispanic majority to have a fair opportunity for representation."
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