Montgomery, AL – Alabama schools Superintendent Joe Morton says his staff is developing guidelines to share with local principals and teachers on what they need to do to comply with a tough new law cracking down on illegal immigration.
A bill signed into law by Gov. Robert Bentley on Thursday includes language requiring schools to report the immigration status of students. Morton said Friday that state schools would comply with the new law.
He said the law requires him to provide guidance to school officials before it takes effect Sept. 1. Exactly what the guidelines will be is still unclear because Morton is still studying the law.
But the president of the Jefferson County chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, Vi Parramore, complained the new law turns educators into ``immigration enforcement officials.''
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