York schools are considering a change to their visitors policy
The school board in York, Pennsylvania is considering changing its visitors policy so that parents and guardians without legal identification can still enter the building for situations involving their children, according to the York Dispatch.
Board members told the Dispatch that some parents are illegal immigrants, and don’t attend meetings with teachers because they can’t show a valid state ID card or driver’s license.
"We don’t want to exclude parents without identification and we just need to add to our policy how to handle that situation if they’re not able to provide a valid ID," board member Jeanette Torres told the paper.
The Dispatch says both state and federal law requires schools to provide education to undocumented students as long as they meet the enrollment requirements. When enrolling, parents have to show proof of residency, a birth certificate, and a record of vaccinations, but don’t have to show any ID for themselves.
The potential change, reducing the need for identification, is in stark contrast to Arizona’s controversial ID and immigration policy.
The law makes it a crime for immigrants not to carry identification, and requires police to detain those they suspect are in the country illegally.
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