SUSIE’S CURRENT EVENTS April 2, 2013 THE BASICS Topic Tuition for undocumented students in Oregon
Vocabulary • Undocumented: undocumented students are those who are not U.S. citizens and do not have a green card • Tuition: a sum of money charged for teaching or instruction by a school, college, or university
Articles “Senate approves Oregon immigrant tuition bill” http://www.koinlocal6.com/news/local/story/Senate-approves-Ore-immigrant-tuitionbill/6Df2Vf93lEKfITYp-iw16g.cspx “Tuition equity bill has backers, doubters” http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130323/NEWS/303230311
Questions to Consider • What is in-state tuition? Out-of-state tuition? What is the difference in cost for a university education? • What are the arguments for including undocumented students in in-state tuition? • What are the arguments for continuing to consider undocumented students as out-ofstate? • What is the DREAM Act? http://oregonaction.org/our-issues/the-dream-act/ • What are the policy issues in the current immigration debate? Should we create a path to citizenship? • Is education a “fundamental right”?
THE EXTRAS Pre-teaching, Extensions & Further Reading • Street Law Lesson http://www.lawanddemocracy.org/pdffiles/DUStreet2.pdf • Plyler v Doe http://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/school-everyone-celebrating-plyler-v-doe
What’s the connection? Constitution th • 14 Amendment http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv • Plyler v Doe http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/public-education-immigrant-students-stateschallenge-supreme-court%E2%80%99s-decision-plyler-v-do th • 10 Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Countries where education is guaranteed by the Constitution http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-joins-list-of-135-countries-in-makingeducation-a-right/article365232.ece Oregon Constitution • http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/susan_nielsen/index.ssf/2013/03/susan _nielsen_oregons_school_w.html • Other states http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/educ/undocumented-student-tuition-stateaction.aspx
Oregon State Social Science Standards/CCSS 8.18. Examine and analyze important documents, including (but not limited to) the Constitution, th th Bill of Rights, 13 -15 Amendments. HS.35. Examine the pluralistic realities of society (e.g., race, poverty, gender, and age), recognizing issues of equity, and evaluating need for change. 6-8.RH.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. 9-10.RH.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text. 11-12.RH.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.
