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$2 million

The funding that the Montgomery Public Schools district in Alabama will lose if the 231 Hispanic students who missed school the day the state's new immigration law took effect don't return. The new law requires schools to verify the immigration status of all students.

The funding that the Montgomery Public Schools district in Alabama will lose if the 231 Hispanic students who missed school the day the state's new immigration law took effect don't return. The new law requires schools to verify the immigration status of all students.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.