The Department of Education has sent a “fact sheet” to schools throughout the country which “highlights the children’s right to attend public school.”
The influx of illegal immigrant children has led some state officials to ponder the additional costs their schools will face. The Hill reports:
“There are many consequences of the federal government’s failure to secure the border and the fiscal impact of educating unaccompanied alien children is certainly one of them,” said Travis Considine, a spokesman for Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R).
Michael Zola, head of federal advocacy for the school board association, said many questions remain about the placement of the children and how long they will stay.
“A lot of folks at the local level want to know with a better sense of granularity what those actual numbers are for planning purposes,” he said.
The civil rights divisions of the departments of Justice and Education sent a letter in May warning districts to avoid enrollment practices that could “chill or discourage” children from signing up for school due to their perceived immigration status.
“These practices contravene Federal law,” the May 8 letter stated.
The letter pointed out that having children provide Social Security numbers or race and ethnicity data when enrolling must be only voluntary. It also said the age of the children could be proven using foreign records.
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h/t to Instapundit.
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