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According to the EE. UU. Department of Education, adult students without legal status are no longer allowed to enroll in some courses.
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While President Donald Trump is stepping up the enforcement of immigration laws and targeting immigrants in Californian workplaces and schools, his administration is focusing its attention on adult students.
In a statement released on the first of this month, the Department of Education of the European Union states that it is necessary to prohibit adult students without legal status from enrolling in professional education classes, English language programs, and bachillerato equivalency courses funded by federal funds.
Adult education schools provide these courses to anybody over the age of 18, including immigrants, and many school administrators claim that the new order may cause a decline in academic performance. California’s school districts, from pre-school to bachillerato, may also need to adjust because they use federal funds to provide a variety of professional education and training programs that teach skills including agriculture and military skills.
The new order proposes administrative changes for these schools that do not require students to demonstrate their migratory status. Many students, including citizens of the United States, lack the necessary verification documents.
According to Randy Tillery, director of economic mobility for the company WestEd, which helps to compile data on behalf of the state, this will prolong this atm sfera de miedo.
California’s fiscal general, Rob Bonta, stated last week that the state is demanding that the Trump administration follow the new order.
The EE. UU. Department of Education is not ready to start discussing the new rule. The department confirms in the prensa communication that it will be applicable starting on August 9.
Adult schools refer students who voluntarily share their social security numbers, which are available to those who have the legal right to work in the EU. According to Tillery, roughly 10% of the more than 500,000 adult students who attend classes in California volunteer their time with their teachers.
All of the state’s schools said they are waiting for more guidance from state and federal agencies before prohibiting students from attending any class.
Qu pasa si no regresas?
V., a student at Huntington Beach’s Escuela para Adultos, attends two English language classes every day from Monday through Friday for two hours and two media. V. agrees to be interviewed under the condition that CalMatters not identify her since she lacks legal immigration status and fears deportation.
Due to the threat posed by migrant networks, their three sons, who are citizens of the United States, did not support the concept that their mother would be attending school this summer. When I got my mochila to go to school, my kids told me, “No te vayas, ma’am.” “Y si no regresas?” has CalMatters in Spanish, along with the evocative voice, on the side of the grimas.
The previous month, she sent a note to her teacher informing him that he needed to miss class because of uncontrollable anxiety. He said, “Ten a, tengo y sigo tieniendo miedo de salir (de casa).”
Normally, their class has forty students, but according to their professor, this semester there are just twenty-four. According to the professor, the class is broadcast live, and more and more students choose to take the course online. To ensure V’s anonymity, CalMatters does not reveal the professor’s name.
V. mentioned that it was difficult for him to focus when taking classes in the classroom; their children frequently interfered with the transmission in vivo or something on the computer that caused it to malfunction. Despite the fear of their children, V. returns to in-person classes after two weeks of classes in the nea.
The school’s director, Steve Curiel, stated that it is allowing students who are not legally enrolled to attend classes, at least for the time being, until the education department provides more guidance on the new law.
Since a few months ago, adult education institutions have been dealing with uncertainty over federal policies and funding. Federal funding for these schools typically arrives once a year, starting on July 1st and reaching up to 30% of the school budget.
The Department of Education withheld the funds for a month, which led California’s Fiscal General, Rob Bonta, to demand that the Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, do so. According to Elissa P. Rez, a portavoz of Bonta’s office, the department announced on the fourth that it would begin releasing the money this week, but the demand is still ongoing.
We are optimistic, but we are also a little unsure because we want to see the funds released in an effective manner, Curiel said. He was about to start applying for contracts at the Huntington School for Adults on the fourth, but he said that it was time to wait.
This will prolong this atm sfera de miedo.
While many states rely entirely on federal funding to support English language learning programs and adult secondary school equivalency, California has its own financial department: the state provides more than 650 million dollars annually specifically for adult education, which accounts for the majority of funding for California’s adult schools.
Alejar a los adolescentes de las clases
The Department of Education’s new policy on adults without legal status may also have an impact on preparatory students. Professional education and training constitute a portion of a separate fund known as the Perkins Fund, which contains thousands of preparatory courses throughout the state, even though a large portion of federal funds in this area are allocated to adults who take English classes and preparatory equivalent courses. The Department of Education’s directive states that funding for these programs must be restricted to students who are citizens or have legal residency.
According to the Instituto de Politica Migratoria, 150,000 people between the ages of 3 and 17 are estimated to be living in California illegally. The main source of support for the school.
The Supreme Court of the United States’ Plyer v. Doe case requires elementary and secondary school districts to provide all students with public music education regardless of their legal status. However, in the memo, the US Department of Education states that professional training classes are not considered to be a part of basic education. Additionally, it states that students without legal status are now prohibited from enrolling in university courses in secondary schools.
Para implementar la nueva pol tica del departamento de educaci n, las escuelas p blicas, desde preescolar hasta el bachillerato, tendr an que informar a ciertos estudiantes que no pueden inscribirse en ciertas clases debido a su estatus legal. According to Tillery, this is causing a great deal of trouble for the schools because they are not asking the students about their legal status. Las escuelas p blicas tendr an que recopilar datos sobre qui nes son residentes legales y qui nes no, a adi , lo que podr a disuadir a algunos estudiantes de asistir a la escuela.
El Departamento de Educaci n de EE. UU. no respondi a las preguntas de CalMatters sobre c mo deber an responder las escuelas ni c mo se implementar a la normativa. El Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los ngeles indic que estaba a la espera de m s directrices del departamento de educaci n estatal, que tambi n declin hacer comentarios.
Para V., las clases de ingl s son m s importantes para su familia que para cualquier otra cosa, repiti repetidamente. Su hija est a punto de cumplir 11 a os y prefiere hablar ingl s que espa ol, aunque tiene un impedimento que le cuesta comunicarse en ambos idiomas. V. dijo que quiere poder hablar m s ingl s con su hija, con la esperanza de que le ayude, a pesar de los riesgos de ir a clase.
No vivimos nuestras propias vidas , dijo V. Vivimos para nuestros hijos .
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