 The United States Supreme Court decision "Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County" with a vote of 9–0 outlawed the allocation of public funds through tuition grants to fund race-discriminating institutions.When public schools were reopened in 1964 and integrated, Prince Edward Academy stood as an option for families who did not want to participate in integration, thus continuing racial tension among citizens.Because Prince Edward Academy did not accept non-white students, it lost its tax-exempt status in 1978 and began to suffer financially.