Idaho House committee introduces bill to collect immigration status of students in public schools

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TN Schools Could Exclude Immigrant Kids Without Legal Status in GOP-Backed Bill

Tennessee lawmakers on Wednesday voted to advance a bill that would require public K-12 and charter schools to verify student immigration status and allow them to bar children who cannot prove they lawfully reside in the United States unless they pay tuition. The 5-4 vote by the Senate Education Committee came despite the Legislature’s own fiscal analysis, which said the proposed legislation “may jeopardize federal funding to the state and to lo…

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Idaho House committee introduces bill to collect immigration status of students in public schools

BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) — The Idaho House Education Committee on Friday voted to introduce a bill to collect the immigration statuses of students in public schools.  The bill would add immigration status and nationality to the demographic data collected by Idaho public schools, ranging from K-12 schools, higher education institutions and public career technical schools. It would require the data to be available on the state department of educa…

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Idaho committee introduces bill to collect immigration status of students in public schools • Idaho Capital Sun

Rep. Steve Tanner, R-Nampa, presents a bill to the Idaho House Education Committee to require public schools to collect the immigration statuses and nationality of students. (Mia Maldonado/Idaho Capital Sun)The Idaho House Education Committee on Friday voted to introduce a bill to collect the immigration statuses of students in public schools.  The bill would add immigration status and nationality to the demographic data collected by Idaho publi…

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Idaho committee introduces bill to collect immigration status of students in public schools

The Idaho House Education Committee on Friday voted to introduce a bill to collect the immigration statuses of students in public schools. The bill would add immigration status and nationality to the demographic data collected by Idaho public schools, ranging…

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Tennessee bill to let school districts deny undocumented students narrowly passes Senate committee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee bill that would allow school districts to refuse to enroll undocumented students has a new amendment that would let families pay tuition so the student could still attend class. The amended version of the bill would let districts verify the immigration status of every student before enrollment. If the student couldn't provide the documentation to prove their status, the district could charge them tuition t…

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New legislation introduced in the Idaho House Education Committee could change how the state tracks student demographics. House Bill 382 would require all public schools, including institutions of higher education, to collect immigration status and nationality of students in grades K-12. The data would then be posted on the state superintendent’s website. Nampa Rep. Steve Tanner noted that there are as many as 112,000 people living in the state …