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Idaho committee deadlocks on proposal to record students' immigration status and nationality
Summary
A proposal (RS 32-405) to require schools that receive state funds to record and publish students' immigration status and nationality failed to advance after a 7-7 committee tie amid privacy, cost and constitutional concerns.
Representative Steve Tanner asked the House Education Committee to introduce RS 32-405, a request that would create a new chapter in the education code (Title 33, Chapter 68) requiring schools and districts that receive state funds to record students' immigration status and nationality and make aggregated information public.
Tanner told the committee he intended the draft to provide definitions for elementary and secondary schools, accredited higher-education institutions and five immigration-status categories aligned with federal law. "I am for the record Steve Tanner, representative from District 13," Tanner said, and described the bill's basic elements.
Supporters said the data would allow policymakers to quantify burdens…
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