Proposed VA bill targets immigration status of parents of children studying in VA schools

[Derechos]

HB 1775 Immigration status of the parents of public school students

Immigration status of the parents of public school students. Requires that the person enrolling a pupil in a public school must indicate the citizenship or immigration status of such pupil's parents. The bill provides that the child of a parent lacking citizenship or lawful immigration status documentation must still be admitted into the public school, but the immigration status information must be reported to the Secretary of Education annually. Additionally, the Secretary of Education must submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the number of children whose parents lack lawful status documentation attending public school in the Commonwealth and the cost of such students' education, aggregated by school division.


Bill - http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?111+ful+HB1775

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. The bill's patron:

C. Todd Gilbert