The House version of the bill would allow schools to verify students' immigration status, while the differing Senate bill would require them to do so.

Last year, lawmakers passed a new state law aimed at protecting parentatl rights, which required school staff to obtain verbal or written consent from parents before providing nonemergency medical ...

It was another committee stop, another close margin Monday for a Republican-sponsored bill that would challenge the federal law requiring all children be provided a free public education ...