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Sponsor frames bill to bar use of operating school buildings as long-term shelters for noncitizens; committee asks about federal funding risk
Summary
Representative Juliet Harvey Bouley told the House Education Policy Administration Committee she is sponsoring House Bill 71 to condition receipt of state funds on school districts not converting operating school facilities into long-term shelters for noncitizens, while allowing brief emergency sheltering.
Representative Juliet Harvey Bouley, prime sponsor of House Bill 71, told the House Education Policy Administration Committee that the measure would condition receipt of certain state funds on school districts not using operating school facilities to shelter noncitizens who have not been admitted to the United States.
"I would argue that this bill does not prohibit or ban anything," Bouley told the committee, saying the language mirrors the national "Schools Not Shelters Act" used elsewhere and is aimed at preventing long disruptions to in-person instruction after schools are converted to shelter space.
Bouley said the bill allows short-term emergency sheltering "not to exceed 72 hours" and includes exceptions when a facility is opened to the…
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