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(00:00):
Seven, twenty three is our timehere in Houston's morning news. Morgan Calhoun
joins us Katie ISD board member tellus a little bit, Morgan about this
desire to be able to know whichstudents are illegals in which ones are And
I assume this is a you haveto educate them no matter what right.
This is more of a matter ofknowing what it's costing the school system in
order to educate them. Hey,good morning guys. Yeah, so we
(00:25):
have to fedually mandated. Plier versusDough was a Supreme Court case that was
done seventies in the eighties. Ithink it was final in eighty two out
of Tyler, Texas that we aremandated that we have to provide a free
public education to any child, regardlessof immigration status, regardless of disability,
(00:49):
race, religion. We provide afree in public education. The problem with
that is not the mandate to educatechildren. But number one, public education
is not free. Someone pays forit, and the people who pay for
it of taxpayers. So that's kindof a misconception, right, And when
(01:11):
we look at it all, Isimply asked, it was a very simple
question to say, do we knowthe numbers of illegal immigrant children in our
district, in our district, andthe answer was no. Well, actually
the answer was I don't know.And then the answer was it's illegal to
ask. Well, no, it'sillegal to track. I guess it's so
(01:33):
it means it's illegal to ask.But I mean, how in the world
do you not know when you haveyour burgeoning school district roles? I mean,
how do you not know where allthese kids are coming from? Does
it? Is that a state law? That's not the that's not the Supreme
Court ruling? Is it that youcannot determine how many educations you're providing for
(01:55):
and for whom. So it's actuallyit's actually a misconception, and that was
a miss understanding that was furthered thatnight. It's actually not illegal to ask.
It's frowned upon. It's guidance thatwe should not ask for the purpose
of you don't want to discourage afamily who's here illegally to not enroll their
(02:17):
child in school. You don't wantto discourage the child from coming to school.
So what we've been told by theDOJ, the DOE by tea,
by Supreme Court is you shouldn't askbecause it's not relevant. I disagree in
(02:38):
twenty twenty four, and I mean, what does that matter what I think
because I'm not speaking as a boardmember right now. I'm speaking as a
tax payer and as a parent,And so I disagree in twenty twenty four
with Joe Biden's open open border policythat apparently he's doing on his own.
Is I think that it is relevant, and I think the taxpayer do deserve
(03:00):
an answer. They deserve to know. I'm not advocating that we should do
anything different from what the Supreme Courtruling or the Supreme Court tells us to
do. I'm just simply asking fortransparency so that we can have accountability.
Morgan, I don't mean to throwa curveball at you. And we're kind
of running a little bit late anyway, so that it doesn't this won't require
(03:21):
this won't require an elaborate answer.But we have one of your Katie Iced
high school teachers who has been accusedof owning child pornography and maybe producing some
child pornography, who's going to befacing some charges. He's been let go
his wife is a principle as Iunderstand it, in the district. Do
you feel confident that Katie ICED isdoing everything they humanly can do in order
to check the background of their employees, because obviously that's a problem. I
(03:46):
know I can speak for myself,and I know that I have been pushing
and advocating and really behind the scenesor when I have the opportunity to to
ask those same questions of are wedoing everything that we can? And I
feel confident that we're trying. Ifeel confident that we're moving towards that if
(04:09):
we're not already. But me,as a parent, I think that that's
a I think that that's an importantquestion to ask because you can't assume anything
on anyone. You have to trustbut verify, okay, is what my
husband always says. Amen, Morgan, thank you for joining us. Appreciate
your time this morning. Morgan Calhoun, Katie ISD school board member. It's
(04:30):
seven twenty seven
Seven, twenty three is our timehere in Houston's morning news. Morgan Calhoun
joins us Katie ISD board member tellus a little bit, Morgan about this
desire to be able to know whichstudents are illegals in which ones are And
I assume this is a you haveto educate them no matter what right.
This is more of a matter ofknowing what it's costing the school system in
order to educate them. Hey,good morning guys. Yeah, so we
(00:25):
have to fedually mandated. Plier versusDough was a Supreme Court case that was
done seventies in the eighties. Ithink it was final in eighty two out
of Tyler, Texas that we aremandated that we have to provide a free
public education to any child, regardlessof immigration status, regardless of disability,
(00:49):
race, religion. We provide afree in public education. The problem with
that is not the mandate to educatechildren. But number one, public education
is not free. Someone pays forit, and the people who pay for
it of taxpayers. So that's kindof a misconception, right, And when
(01:11):
we look at it all, Isimply asked, it was a very simple
question to say, do we knowthe numbers of illegal immigrant children in our
district, in our district, andthe answer was no. Well, actually
the answer was I don't know.And then the answer was it's illegal to
ask. Well, no, it'sillegal to track. I guess it's so
(01:33):
it means it's illegal to ask.But I mean, how in the world
do you not know when you haveyour burgeoning school district roles? I mean,
how do you not know where allthese kids are coming from? Does
it? Is that a state law? That's not the that's not the Supreme
Court ruling? Is it that youcannot determine how many educations you're providing for
(01:55):
and for whom. So it's actuallyit's actually a misconception, and that was
a miss understanding that was furthered thatnight. It's actually not illegal to ask.
It's frowned upon. It's guidance thatwe should not ask for the purpose
of you don't want to discourage afamily who's here illegally to not enroll their
(02:17):
child in school. You don't wantto discourage the child from coming to school.
So what we've been told by theDOJ, the DOE by tea,
by Supreme Court is you shouldn't askbecause it's not relevant. I disagree in
(02:38):
twenty twenty four, and I mean, what does that matter what I think
because I'm not speaking as a boardmember right now. I'm speaking as a
tax payer and as a parent,And so I disagree in twenty twenty four
with Joe Biden's open open border policythat apparently he's doing on his own.
Is I think that it is relevant, and I think the taxpayer do deserve
(03:00):
an answer. They deserve to know. I'm not advocating that we should do
anything different from what the Supreme Courtruling or the Supreme Court tells us to
do. I'm just simply asking fortransparency so that we can have accountability.
Morgan, I don't mean to throwa curveball at you. And we're kind
of running a little bit late anyway, so that it doesn't this won't require
(03:21):
this won't require an elaborate answer.But we have one of your Katie Iced
high school teachers who has been accusedof owning child pornography and maybe producing some
child pornography, who's going to befacing some charges. He's been let go
his wife is a principle as Iunderstand it, in the district. Do
you feel confident that Katie ICED isdoing everything they humanly can do in order
to check the background of their employees, because obviously that's a problem. I
(03:46):
know I can speak for myself,and I know that I have been pushing
and advocating and really behind the scenesor when I have the opportunity to to
ask those same questions of are wedoing everything that we can? And I
feel confident that we're trying. Ifeel confident that we're moving towards that if
(04:09):
we're not already. But me,as a parent, I think that that's
a I think that that's an importantquestion to ask because you can't assume anything
on anyone. You have to trustbut verify, okay, is what my
husband always says. Amen, Morgan, thank you for joining us. Appreciate
your time this morning. Morgan Calhoun, Katie ISD school board member. It's
(04:30):
seven twenty seven
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