Reply #10: This is about the children of illegal immigrants, and possibly homeless children.

[DRoseDARs]

Whatever the case, no child should ever be denied an education. Children are not responsible for the actions of their parents, nor are they responsible for their family's homelessness. Most districts require an actual address and quite a few probably check for legal residency (a check which may be of questionable legality in-and-of-itself). I'm sure there are plenty of non-bigoted reasons to do both but whatever the motivation or justification, ultimately they should never end up blocking the child from an education. There was that woman just this past month that had the law come down on her head because she had the nerve to be homeless and tried to have her child attend school from a friend's address. Quelle horreur, I know. Now imagine the minefield illegal immigrant families have to navigate trying to get their small children off to a good start to their futures, regardless if the little ones were born on this soil or not.

It's a very tough subject from a legal standpoint, but at least it has the weight of morality and ethics behind it.