Indiana schools eye the potential impact of state’s sweeping immigration bill

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Immigration bill could affect Indiana schools

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(CHALKBEAT INDIANA) — An Indiana bill that compels greater cooperation between local governments and federal immigration authorities could affect the state’s K-12 schools.

But it’s not yet clear how the sweeping immigration bill that touches on information collection, detainer requests, hospitals, and employment may affect schools — or even which schools it would apply to.

Indiana law already prohibits governmental bodies and postsecondary instit...

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