Urges U.S. Congress to remove federal courts' jurisdiction in certain education matters, or alternatively, overturn certain prior case law.
This New Jersey Assembly Resolution (AR 20) urges the U.S. Congress to remove federal court jurisdiction over cases where states require undocumented immigrant children to pay school tuition. It also asks the Supreme Court to overturn *Plyler v. Doe* (1981), which established that states cannot deny public education to undocumented children. The resolution does not create new law but formally requests federal action to return education policy authority to states. It directly addresses how states may fund education for undocumented students, referencing the Supreme Court's conflicting rulings on the issue. This is a non-binding request, not a legislative proposal.
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
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Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee
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1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
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Paul Kanitra
RRepublican
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Erik Peterson
RRepublican
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Greg Myhre
RRepublican
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