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No undocumented child left behind : Plyler v. Doe and the education of undocumented schoolchildren /
The 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case of Plyler v. Doe, which made it possible for undocumented children to enroll in Texas public schools, was a watershed moment for immigrant rights in the United States. The Court struck down both a state statute denying funding for education to undocumented children a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Citizenship and migration in the Americas.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case of Plyler v. Doe, which made it possible for undocumented children to enroll in Texas public schools, was a watershed moment for immigrant rights in the United States. The Court struck down both a state statute denying funding for education to undocumented children and a municipal school district's attempt to charge an annual 1,000 tuition fee for each undocumented student to compensate for the lost state funding. Yet while this case has not returned to the Supreme Court, it is frequently contested at the state and local level. In No Undocumented Child Left Be. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 193 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 081476245X 0814762468 0814762670 9780814762455 9780814762462 9780814762677 |