Schools seek clarification on impact of Prop. 200

Parents, teachers and school administrators throughout Arizona are scrambling to make sense of Proposition 200, tying up phone lines and shooting off e-mails on the confusing immigration initiative that's poised to become law. One Phoenix school board member is pushing for a resolution to protect staff from criminal punishment. Educators and parents, meanwhile, fear that state-funded programs are in jeopardy and that participation in parent training classes and other services will plummet if teachers must check citizenship. The problem: Three weeks after voters approved the immigration measure known as Protect Arizona Now on Nov. 2, no one can agree on what it means to students, parents and teachers. As more Valley schools become social-service hubs for immigrant families seeking health care, food and clothes, administrators fear they could land in litigation by providing services or referrals to state agencies. [more]

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