Alabama Proceeds with Barring Undocumented Students from Community Colleges
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Alabama Proceeds with Barring Undocumented Students from Community Colleges

By Mary Ann Zehr — January 08, 2009 1 min read
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The Birmingham News reports in a Jan. 4 article, “Alabama’s two-year colleges are asking for identification to curb admission to illegal immigrants,” that a policy approved in September to bar undocumented students from community colleges goes into effect for classes starting this month.

Mary Ann Zehr
Mary Ann Zehr was an assistant editor for Education Week. Her beats included English-language learners, bilingual education, immigrants, dropouts, achievement-gap issues, and charter and private schools. She was the author of the blog Learning the Language.

A version of this news article first appeared in the Learning the Language blog.