You would think the immigration status of all students would be a basic part of their school records and something tracked for any number of reasons, including the allocation of resources. It definitely doesn’t seem like it would be a controversial proposition. But for Oklahoma public schools, it’s an issue they’re now wrestling with.
The State Board of Education has proposed keeping track of the immigration status of students whenever they enroll in Oklahoma public schools.
“We have to know how many illegal immigrants are in our schools so that we know how to allocate resources, so that we know how to solve the issues that arise with that,” said State Superintendent Ryan Walters.
Both Walters and the State Board of Education are pushing for administrative rule changes they believe will help mitigate the effects of illegal immigration on Oklahoma…
