WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:02:07.0930000" NOTE recognizability:0.875 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.91296893 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.010 In a recent radio interview, NOTE Confidence: 0.91296893 00:00:02.010 --> 00:00:04.020 Governor Greg Abbott said he NOTE Confidence: 0.91296893 00:00:04.090 --> 00:00:06.320 wants to challenge a court NOTE Confidence: 0.91296893 00:00:06.320 --> 00:00:08.104 ruling requiring education for NOTE Confidence: 0.91296893 00:00:08.110 --> 00:00:10.840 all students in the 1982 court ruling. NOTE Confidence: 0.91296893 00:00:10.840 --> 00:00:12.735 Plyler versus DOE requires states NOTE Confidence: 0.91296893 00:00:12.735 --> 00:00:14.630 to offer free public education NOTE Confidence: 0.91296893 00:00:14.693 --> 00:00:16.668 to students regardless of their NOTE Confidence: 0.91296893 00:00:16.668 --> 00:00:18.248 immigration or legal status, NOTE Confidence: 0.91296893 00:00:18.250 --> 00:00:20.446 gave news Maria Aguilera looked into NOTE Confidence: 0.91296893 00:00:20.446 --> 00:00:22.929 how this could impact Texas students. NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:23.660 --> 00:00:25.212 Education for all students. NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:25.212 --> 00:00:27.540 Governor Greg Abbott says Texas may NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:27.601 --> 00:00:29.875 challenge the plyler versus DOE case, NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:29.880 --> 00:00:32.220 which requires states to provide public NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:32.220 --> 00:00:34.208 education for students regardless of NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:34.208 --> 00:00:35.720 their immigration status. Governor NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:35.720 --> 00:00:37.952 Abbott statements are a continued attack NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:37.952 --> 00:00:40.000 on Texas's most vulnerable children. NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:41.945 Selena Moreno is the president NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:41.945 --> 00:00:44.666 and CEO of IDR a, an organization NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:44.666 --> 00:00:46.218 dedicated to educational equity. NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:46.220 --> 00:00:48.578 She says the governor's remarks are NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:48.578 --> 00:00:51.279 an empty threat that caused fear and NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:53.740 confusion. They are part of our. NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:53.740 --> 00:00:56.134 States future they are part of our NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:56.134 --> 00:00:57.913 country's future and we should NOTE Confidence: 0.8775481 00:00:57.913 --> 00:00:59.965 treat them like the neighbors that NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:00:59.970 --> 00:01:02.364 they are. Abbott says he wants to NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:02.364 --> 00:01:04.807 challenge the court case because of cost. NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:04.810 --> 00:01:07.054 The state allocates funding based on NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:07.054 --> 00:01:09.537 student enrollment and if a child is NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:09.537 --> 00:01:11.385 an English learner under state law, NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:11.390 --> 00:01:14.438 a district gets 10% more funding for that NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:14.438 --> 00:01:16.576 specific student that goes up to 15%. NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:16.580 --> 00:01:18.310 If a student is bilingual, NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:18.310 --> 00:01:20.344 but those funding caveats apply regardless NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:20.344 --> 00:01:22.110 of a child's immigration status, NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:22.110 --> 00:01:23.950 Austin ISD says they'll continue NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:23.950 --> 00:01:25.054 teaching the children. NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:25.060 --> 00:01:26.017 In a statement, NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:26.017 --> 00:01:28.250 Hays CISD wrote in part quote if NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:28.321 --> 00:01:30.445 a student lives in our district, NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:30.450 --> 00:01:32.140 we provide them an education. NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:32.140 --> 00:01:34.128 We believe the best place for students NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:34.128 --> 00:01:36.449 is in school regardless of their life NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:36.449 --> 00:01:38.204 circumstances and quote and Round NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:38.204 --> 00:01:40.434 Rock ISD wrote educating children in NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:40.434 --> 00:01:42.249 our community regardless of where NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:42.250 --> 00:01:44.609 they came from or how they arrived. NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:44.610 --> 00:01:46.290 Here only strengthens our community NOTE Confidence: 0.8567399 00:01:46.290 --> 00:01:47.634 and enhances our opportunities NOTE Confidence: 0.8799329 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:49.320 for economic growth and success. NOTE Confidence: 0.8799329 00:01:49.320 --> 00:01:51.348 I hope that the governor revokes NOTE Confidence: 0.8799329 00:01:51.350 --> 00:01:52.646 his statement publicly. Ali, NOTE Confidence: 0.8799329 00:01:52.646 --> 00:01:55.426 the CEO of Kipp Texas Public School, says. NOTE Confidence: 0.8799329 00:01:55.426 --> 00:01:57.306 Abbott statement goes against what NOTE Confidence: 0.8799329 00:01:57.306 --> 00:01:59.500 the Public charter school stands for. NOTE Confidence: 0.87959385 00:01:59.500 --> 00:02:02.108 Our mission is to serve all students to NOTE Confidence: 0.87959385 00:02:02.108 --> 00:02:04.429 educate all students who come through NOTE Confidence: 0.87959385 00:02:04.430 --> 00:02:07.090 our doors in Austin. I'm Maria Aguilera.