Immigration law could cut funding for schools
published Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
by Kelli Gauthier

Although a federal judge temporarily has blocked some of the more controversial components of Georgia’s tough new immigration law, some anxious Hispanic families already have left North Georgia, leaving school officials wondering about the impact on fall enrollment.

There is no way to know how many students in North Georgia school systems are in the country illegally, but school officials suspect that some of their Hispanic students and families will leave the state to avoid the possibility of deportation.

“In fact, some teachers feel that the enrollment is going to be down,â€