Oklahoma Board of Education votes to approve proposal requiring parents to prove citizenship when enrolling students

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The Oklahoma State Board of Education voted Tuesday to approve a proposal requiring parents to report their immigration or citizenship status when enrolling their children in school.

The board discussed the proposal for about 20 minutes before approving it and other proposals in a 6-0 vote. The proposal still needs to be approved by the legislature and governor to take effect, per state administrative rules.

The board is made up of Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters, a Republican, and five members appointed by the governor to four-year terms. Walters opened the meeting by criticizing the media’s “lies” and “gaslighting” on the issue and said the goal of the rule was to gather data on its student body.

“Our rule around illegal immigration accounting is simply that. It is to account for how many students of illegal immigrants are in our schools,” he said.

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1. Undocumented parents will not be able to send their kids to school, even if the kids are citizens.

Could Republicans get any meaner? The point is to create a list for ICE, complete with home address, to arrest the parents. I hope undocumented workers are able to move to blue states, which is not a guarantee of safety, but at least their kids could go to school. I despise Republicans.

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2. "Could Republicans get any meaner?"

I am guessing that was rhetorical.

All the shit happening in this state, including recovery from storms, and a few town councils thru the state decided to have "special" meetings about drag queens. And, no, I am not fucking kidding. Their tag line: "We are doing this for the safety of the children".



Except when it is this:





And coming to a school near you:





"The Simpsons", sadly, ahead of their time.