Plan targets Frederick illegal immigrant students
October 22, 2009 10:24 EDT


FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- Frederick County officials are considering asking state lawmakers to require a count of students with questionable immigration status in the county's public schools.

Republican commissioners Charles Jenkins and John L. Thompson introduced the plan Tuesday as a legislative proposal.

The county commissioners could recommend the measure next week to the county's legislative delegation, which would then decide whether to introduce a bill in the General Assembly.

The Maryland Board of Education ruled in March that the county cannot require local school officials to seek the immigration status of students without a valid reason.

Thompson told The Frederick News-Post on Wednesday that that the new plan would only produce a rough tally of students whose legal presence in the country can't be reasonably determined.


http://www.foxbaltimore.com/template/in ... .com.shtml