US EditionUndocumented students bill placed behind budget in TN legislature. So, what does that mean?
- Tennessee legislators scheduled action on a bill regarding undocumented students for Monday morning.
- Legislators placed the bill behind the budget due to its potential fiscal impact on the state.
- The bill would allow schools to charge tuition or deny enrollment to students based on immigration status.
- The bill's fiscal note estimates costs exceeding $1 billion annually; some state, "This bill doesn't just cost us morally."
- The bill remains in committee, though a 'flow motion' could expedite its passage, but opposition is rising.
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Protests at Tennessee state capitol over bill targeting education for undocumented students
Hundreds of protesters have descended upon the Tennessee state capitol over a proposed bill that would allow school districts to refuse enrollment of undocumented students and charge immigrant families for public school educations. CBS News correspondent Nicole Valdes has more.
FIU students react to university joining forces with immigration officials to detain undocumented students - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Students at Florida International University are reacting after the university announced a new partnership with federal immigration officials to crackdown
Controversial Tennessee education bill might wait until 2026 - Nashville Banner
A proposed bill that would allow school districts to charge tuition for or deny public education to undocumented children may be delayed until next year as funding questions loom.The bill, which scraped by in the state Senate last week, may not get a final vote in the House until next year as even those who conceptually support the measure question its fiscal impact behind the scenes. In addition to its controversial social impacts, which have s…
Open Letter from African-American Leaders, Advocates, and People of Good Will HB 793/SB 836 –A Bill That Seeks to Ban Undocumented Immigrant Students From Attending Public Schools is Jim Crow in the Twenty-First Century – The Tennessee Tribune
As African-American leaders, advocates, and people of faith, we condemn HB 793/SB 836. Sponsored by Majority Leader William Lamberth and Senator Bo Watson, the bill will deny undocumented children access to a public education. The legislation is unconstitutional (illegal) as determined in the Plyler v. Doe (1982) case. It is a modern form of racial segregation, or Jim Crow as it was referred to years ago, that clearly targets Latino immigrant fa…
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