ALLEGED: Latino Students Discriminated Against in Louisiana Head Start Programs
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLU) and other civil rights organizations are alleging head start centers in the Jefferson Parish in Louisiana are discriminating against Latino families.
Apparently only Latino families are being asked to provide proof of citizenship to enroll in the federally funded pre-school program states a complaint filed by the SPLU. The government program does not have a citizenship requirement it simply requires proof of residence, income and proof of child’s age.
SPLU is representing several Latino families that were denied the opportunity to apply to their local Head Start program and/or “were discouraged” from applying because they lacked citizenship papers. Furthermore the complain alleges: “Head Start personnel refused to accept the applications of these families without proof of Louisiana photo IDs, despite the fact that they provided proof of Jefferson Parish residency by way of utility bills.”
This is the second time that Jefferson Parish’s treatment of Latinos getting national attention. Last year the
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLU) and other civil rights organizations are alleging head start centers in the Jefferson Parish in Louisiana are discriminating against Latino families.Apparently only Latino families are being asked to provide proof of citizenship to enroll in the federally funded pre-school program states a complaint filed by the SPLU. The government program does not have a citizenship requirement it simply requires proof of residence, income and proof of child’s age.
SPLU is representing several Latino families that were denied the opportunity to apply to their local Head Start program and/or “were discouraged” from applying because they lacked citizenship papers. Furthermore the complain alleges: “Head Start personnel refused to accept the applications of these families without proof of Louisiana photo IDs, despite the fact that they provided proof of Jefferson Parish residency by way of utility bills.”
This is the second time that Jefferson Parish’s treatment of Latinos getting national attention. Last year the