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State legislators of Tennessee introduced a bill to allow school districts and law enforcement agencies to deny registration to illegal migrant students.
SB 836 establishes that an agency of application of the law or a public charter school “can register or refuse to register, a student who is illegally present in the United States.”
Republican senator bo watson, who Sponsored the billHe said the proposal aims to save money from the State. The bill was amended to give school districts the option to collect the registration for the registration of a student instead of making it a requirement, according to Fox Chattanogo.
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State legislators of Tennessee introduced a bill to allow school districts and law enforcement agencies to deny registration to illegal migrant students. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
“This legislation says that if you cannot demonstrate your legal residence here, a local read can charge the registration for assistance, which addresses the physical nature of this legislation. It is not about denying education to those students,” said Watson, according to the exit.
But the bill contradicts the current law affirmed by the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States of 1981, Plyler v. Doe, who ruled that the states provide funds for any student looking for a Public Educationregardless of its migratory state.
SB 836 establishes that an agency of application of the law or a public charter school “can register or refuse to register, a student who is illegally present in the United States.” (Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group through Getty Images)
Immigration lawyer Brittany Faith criticized the bill as unconstitutional and said she set out to challenge Plyler v. Doe
“It is blatantly unconstitutional. They have been quite honest that this is its goal, it is establishing this as a challenge for Plyler v. Doe,” Fait told Fox Chattanoga.
Republican senator Bo Watson, who sponsored the bill, said the proposal aims to save money from the State. (Istock)
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Faith also disagree with the option that schools charged registration, citing that Tennessee fiscal structure It is based on sales tax.
“Because of that, they are paying the same amount of taxes that are destined to the public education system as someone in legal status does,” he said.