Immigrant Children’s Rights to Attend Public Schools – Podcast Episode 94 | Classnotes Podcast 94
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Classnotes Podcast (September 13, 2011) In an atmosphere of heated debate about immigration policy across the country, the education of immigrant children can be threatened, sometimes quite mercilessly. But school officials are not deputies of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. IDRA’s director of policy, Albert Cortez, Ph.D., whose work has influenced landmark education litigation, clarifies that the education of undocumented students is guaranteed by the Plyler vs. Doe decision. He also reviews the certain procedures that must be followed when registering immigrant children in school to avoid violation of their civil rights. Albert is interviewed by Bradley Scott, Ph.D., director of the IDRA South Central Collaborative for Equity.
Show Length: 14:52
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Resources
School Opening Alert: Immigrant Students’ Rights to Attend Public Schools
Printable flier in English and Spanish (pdf)
http://www.idra.org/images/stories/School_Opening_Alert_2013.pdf
IDRA eNews: Immigrant Students’ Rights to Attend Public Schools (English/Spanish)
http://newsletter.impulsedevelopment.com/t/ViewEmail/r/7344F779F1408B70/073B372C62A01F52
Plyler vs. Doe Brief Description
http://www.idra.org/mendezbrown/plyler_case.html
Letter by the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Education
Regarding equal access to public education regardless of citizenship or immigration status, May 6, 2011 (pdf)
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201101.pdf
U.S. Department of Education sternly reminds districts that illegal immigrant children are entitled to a free public education
Dallas Morning-News story by Katherine Leal Unmuth, May. 10, 2011
IDRA South Central Collaborative for Equity
The federally-funded equity assistance center that serves schools and districts in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
http://www.idra.org/South_Central_Collaborative_for_Equity/
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