Thread: Adult education classes resume without legal guidance from s

Published: 01.11.2007

Adult education classes resume without legal guidance from state
By Lourdes Medrano
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Adult education classes resumed this week in Tucson, without state direction on implementing a voter-approved measure designed to keep illegal immigrants out of free English, citizenship and literacy courses.

"We have received no guidelines on how to proceed from the state, so we're pretty much living in limbo," said Greg Hart, dean of Pima Community College's adult education program.

Proposition 300, which voters overwhelmingly passed in November, seeks to prevent illegal immigrants from attending the classes. It also denies state child-care subsidies and in-state college tuition to those without legal status.

The Attorney General's Office does not provide such guidelines unless a state agency or member of the state Legislature makes a formal request, said Andrea Esquer, a spokeswoman for the attorney general.

"We have not received any," she said.

Gov. Janet Napolitano on Dec. 7 proclaimed Proposition 300 into law, along with three others related to illegal immigration: Proposition 103, which makes English the state's official language; Proposition 102, which prevents illegal immigrants from receiving punitive damages in civil lawsuits; and Proposition 100, which automatically keeps illegal immigrants charged with serious felonies in jail without bail.

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Take a closer look at this. The voters of the state overwhelmingly pass this law, and it looks like no one is going to enforce it!