Plyler Vs. Doe Case Study

In 1982, there was a case in the state of Texas called Plyler vs. Doe. This was a case that the supreme court overturned . The case was denying funding for education to children who were illegal immigrants and also denied the school district's attempt to charge illegal immigrants a thousand dollar tuition fee for each student to repay for the lost state funding. The court found that where states limit the rights to people based on their status as aliens, this limitation must be examined.
Some revisions to education laws in Texas in 1975 didn’t allow state funding for educating children who illegally came into the U.S. and authorized local school districts to deny enrollment to these students. A majority vote of the supreme court found that