A new Trump administration rule regarding immigrants' use of federal benefits could have an indirect but significant impact on schools if it deters families from seeking assistance under certain programs, education advocates warn.
Federal school meal programs or other K-12 benefits aren't on that list; the administration's Department of Homeland Security considered adding the Children's Health Insurance Program to that list, but ultimately did not.
On Monday, we reached out to AASA, the School Superintendents Association, for their reaction to the new rule.
The rule, as released today, will have a devastating impact on the children that we educate and the school district budgets we manage ... Schools have a legal requirement to accept and educate all students that come through their door, regardless of their or their family's immigration status, and we expect federal laws and policies to support school districts in our efforts to educate students, not undermine those efforts.
In describing feedback to its draft proposal, DHS observes in the final rule that, "Commenters involved in social services reported that they were already seeing immigrants refraining from accessing services in clinics, food banks, childcare centers, emergency shelters, and local school districts, including immigrants who are exempt from public charge inadmissibility."
The department has pushed back on the idea that its rule would have a far-reaching chilling effect, noting that, "This rule does not prohibit or otherwise discourage individuals who are not subject to the public charge inadmissibility from receiving any public benefits for which they are eligible."
The Trump administration's new rule concerning federal benefits and immigration status has some school groups worried about its impact on students.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2019/08/trump-rule-immigrants-federal-benefits-schools-worried.html
Federal school meal programs or other K-12 benefits aren't on that list; the administration's Department of Homeland Security considered adding the Children's Health Insurance Program to that list, but ultimately did not.
On Monday, we reached out to AASA, the School Superintendents Association, for their reaction to the new rule.
The rule, as released today, will have a devastating impact on the children that we educate and the school district budgets we manage ... Schools have a legal requirement to accept and educate all students that come through their door, regardless of their or their family's immigration status, and we expect federal laws and policies to support school districts in our efforts to educate students, not undermine those efforts.
In describing feedback to its draft proposal, DHS observes in the final rule that, "Commenters involved in social services reported that they were already seeing immigrants refraining from accessing services in clinics, food banks, childcare centers, emergency shelters, and local school districts, including immigrants who are exempt from public charge inadmissibility."
The department has pushed back on the idea that its rule would have a far-reaching chilling effect, noting that, "This rule does not prohibit or otherwise discourage individuals who are not subject to the public charge inadmissibility from receiving any public benefits for which they are eligible."
The Trump administration's new rule concerning federal benefits and immigration status has some school groups worried about its impact on students.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2019/08/trump-rule-immigrants-federal-benefits-schools-worried.html
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