§15-112,” adding that “failure to do so shall result in the withholding of 10% of the monthly apportionment of state aid to Tucson Unified School District.” ' and that the 'courses promote a culture of excellence and support a safe and orderly environment conducive to learning.” Huppenthal himself hired these auditors to examine the ethnic studies program.ĭespite these findings, Huppenthal made an announcement on June 15th claiming that: “As a result of the investigation and review of the Mexican American Studies Program and its classroom materials and instructional content, I find there is substantial evidence of a clear violation of Arizona Revised Statute Section 15-112 by the Tucson Unified School District.” He is giving the TUSD Governing Board 60 days to “bring the Mexican American Studies Program into compliance with A.R.S.

and National Academic Educational Partners, “no evidence as seen by the auditors exists to indicate that instruction within Mexican American Studies Department program classes advocates ethnic solidarity rather it has been proven to treat student as individuals.” Auditors went on to add that 'no observable evidence was present to suggest that any classroom within Tucson Unified School District is in direct violation of the law. § 15-112, which went into effect on December 31, 2010, prohibits schools from teaching subjects that promote “the overthrow of the United States government, promote resentment toward a race or class of people, are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic race” or “advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals.” According to a recent review conducted by auditors from Cambium Learning, Inc. “By all indications, this is a political determination by Superintendent Huppenthal that is not based on an objective assessment of the program as the thorough review of the state's own contractor clearly reveals.”Ī.R.S. “This law was deliberately written to enable the state superintendent to ban the Mexican American Studies program based on his own personal views and biases,” said ACLU of Arizona Legal Director Daniel Pochoda, who drafted the three-page records request. The ACLU’s request comes in the wake of an announcement by Arizona Department of Education Office (ADE) Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal that the program violates state law, despite findings by a state-selected auditor to the contrary. PHOENIX - The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona today filed a records request asking Arizona education officials to produce all records in their possession relating to a review of the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) Mexican American Studies program. TalkLeft does not give legal advice.In response to Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal's determination that the Tucson Unified School District is out of compliance regarding the anti-ethnic studies law, the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona issued a press release on Thursday, June 16, saying that it wants all Department of Education records relating to Huppenthal's investigation for an investigation of its own. Nothing on this site should be construedĪs legal advice.TalkLeft Graphics by C.L., Our Man in Hollywood (2006 - 2008).1070 and prevent other states from following in its footsteps. Congress needs to put immigration reform front and center now and pass legislation that would invalidate S.B. 1070 makes a mockery of our Constitution. Isn't the burden of proof in a warrantless detention on the government? Doesn't the Fourth Amendment protect illegals the undocumented already inside the U.S.? It has to to protect the rest of us.Īrizona's S.B. How does one prove citizenship? Carry your birth certificate? Won't the footprint be a little dated? No picture on a birth certificate. It permits detention on reasonable suspicion of being an illegal alien, and the burden apparently is on the detainee to prove he or she is a citizen. 1070, was signed into law by the Governor yesterday. Via John Wesley Hall (aka Last Night in Little Rock) at :ĪZ: State immigration law signed what does an illegal alien look like? ( Photo credit: Archiwum Panstwowe w Krakowie)

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