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MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AUG 6 – The Trump administration aims to reduce education costs by limiting rights for undocumented students, affecting nearly half of California's children with immigrant parents, experts say.
- In 1982, the highest court in the United States affirmed that all children in kindergarten through twelfth grade must have access to free public education, regardless of their immigration status.
- Recent administrations, including Trump's, have introduced policies restricting access for students without legal status, prompting calls to revisit Plyler.
- These policies include barring undocumented children from Head Start and ending the designation of schools as safe havens, causing fear among immigrant families.
- Experts like Megan Hopkins and Erwin Chemerinsky warn these changes violate Plyler and cause chilling effects, with attendance drops and worse academic outcomes reported.
- Calls from figures such as Texas Gov. Abbott and the Heritage Foundation to overturn Plyler could lead to significant impacts, especially in states with large immigrant populations.
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Will students without legal status have to pay for public school?
Advocates across about a half-dozen states have attempted to pass laws that would allow schools to charge tuition to noncitizens. This content Students without legal status have the right to attend public school. Will Trump change that? appeared first on inewsource.
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Students without legal status have the right to attend public school. Will Trump change that?
(Photo: Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters) This story was originally published by CalMatters. Funding cuts. Raids near campuses. Exclusion from programs like Head Start and career training. For months, the Trump administration has been chipping away at the rights of students without legal status in public schools. Could the administration take away those students’ right to free public school entirely? Experts say that may be the next step. “People ha…
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By Carolyn Jones | CalMatters Funding cuts. Raids near campuses. Exclusion from programs like Head Start and career training. For months, the Trump administration has been chipping away at the rights of students without legal status in public schools. Could the administration take away those students’ right to free public school entirely? Experts say that may be the next step. “People have worried about this for a couple decades, but this is dif…
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