ERIC Number: EJ265015
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1981
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The Seals Decision--A Landmark in Education for Children of Undocumented Aliens.
Cantu, Mario G.; Garza, Francisco
AGENDA, v11 n4 p23-26 1981
On July 22, 1980, in U.S. Federal District Court in Texas, Judge Woodrow Seals declared unconstitutional Section 21.031 of the Texas Education Code which restricted children of undocumented immigrants from attending Texas public schools. The decision's effect is to affirm the Constitutional right to an education regardless of immigration status. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Acculturation, Admission Criteria, Children, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Economic Factors, Educational Discrimination, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Federal Courts, Foreign Policy, Hispanic Americans, Illegal Immigrants, Public Schools, School Attendance Legislation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Historical Materials
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Fourteenth Amendment
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