Interestingly, the bill sponsored by Watson and House Majority Leader William Lamberth, R-Portland, reads that it "authorizes [local education agencies] and public charter schools to refuse to enroll students who are unlawfully present in the United States."

Some Tennessee lawmakers are doubling down on a bill that would let school districts opt out of enrolling undocumented students, saying it’s a direct challenge to the 1982 Supreme Court case that ruled states cannot deny public education to undocumented children.