United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-06-23 monographic deposited born digital 33 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-733 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-733 P0b002ee18038fd69 000562389 f:d04733 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-733 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-733 GAO-04-733 Cost analysis Data collection Data integrity Education or training costs Elementary school students Illegal aliens Intergovernmental relations Population statistics Projections Public schools Secondary school students State programs Cost estimates Other Written Product A10564 In 1982 the Supreme Court ruled that states and school districts cannot deny education to illegal alien children residing here. Issues in estimating the costs of providing education to them are of interest because (1) policy discussions concerning illegal immigration often focus on cost impacts; (2) potential costs are borne mostly at the state and local levels; and (3) the Congress could authorize federal reimbursement for benefits provided to illegal aliens, based on estimated state costs or numbers of illegal aliens. The foreign-born population is growing and is concentrated in certain states; the illegal immigrant component is thought to be substantial. Concerns about education costs may reflect "squeezed" state and local budgets, rising school enrollments, and overcrowded schools. To address the potential for estimating the costs of educating illegal alien schoolchildren, this report (1) identifies major government sources of relevant data, (2) describes a Census Bureau plan for developing new information, and (3) outlines costestimation approaches. GAO provided a draft of this report to the National Center for Education Statistics, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Census Bureau. The agencies informed GAO they had no formal comments. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-733/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-733.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-733/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-733.pdf GAO-04-733 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-733 Other Written Product GAO-04-733; Illegal Alien Schoolchildren: Issues in Estimating State-by-State Costs; Cost analysis Data collection Data integrity Education or training costs Elementary school students Illegal aliens Intergovernmental relations Population statistics Projections Public schools Secondary school students State programs Cost estimates Public Law 107-110 Public Law 108-173