A bill filed in the Tennessee General Assembly would empower Local Educational Agencies (LEA)s and public charter schools to decline to allow illegal immigrants to enroll in their institutions.
Submitted on Tuesday as HB 793 by State House Majority Leader William Lamberth (R-Portland) and SB 836 by State Senator Bo Watson (R-Hixson), the legislation specifically empowers schools to “enroll, or refuse to enroll, a student who is unlawfully present in the United States,” indicating schools will not be required to decline enrollment.
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