Kansas Bill Wants Schools To Report How Many Undocumented Students They Enroll
By Rebecca Klein, Huffington Post Latino Voices
Kansas legislator Allan Rothlisberg wants to make sure citizens know exactly how much of their tax money is going toward educating undocumented children.
Rothlisberg, a Republican representative from Grandview Plaza, filed a bill Tuesday that would force school districts to request proof of American citizenship from students through documents like birth certificates and social security cards. After requesting such documents, the bill would have school districts submit a report to the state on the number of undocumented students they enroll. The state would then use these numbers to determine how much money is being used to educate these students, and would publish the numbers online.
“I would prefer we spend tax dollars on citizens and not on illegal aliens,” Rothlisberg told Kansas outlet Lawrence Journal-World.
The bill specifies that schools cannot …
This article was originally published in Huffington Post Latino Voices.
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