Oklahoma proposal requires parents to provide immigration status when enrolling students [Video]

Parents enrolling children in Oklahoma public schools will be required to provide proof of their child’s U.S. citizenship or legal immigration status under a proposal rule approved Tuesday by the State Board of Education.The board voted unanimously to approve the rule aimed at helping President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. It still needs to be approved by the Legislature and the governor.Republican State Superintendent Ryan Walters, the state’s education chief, said the rule is needed to help schools gather information about where to place staff and resources.Our rule around illegal immigration accounting is simply that,” Walters said. “It is to account for how many students of illegal immigrants are in our schools.”The proposed rule would not prevent students without legal status from enrolling or keep them from attending school but would require districts to keep a tally.While the board met, hundreds of students and protesters gathered outside the administration building to …