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A state law meant to crack down on illegal immigration is burdening schools with paperwork and threatening or delaying student-related events, educators complain.

From traveling on field trips to renting spaces for proms and other school functions to paying for staff training and development, some education activities are being thrown into question because of a law passed in the last legislative session — an unintended consequence that has the law’s sponsor considering a review of the measure in the upcoming legislative session.

The measure directs schools and other public employers to make sure vendors they do business with hand over affidavits showing they’ve conducted federal e-verify checks that workers are legal U.S. residents.

Abiding by the law, known as Senate Bill 160, is proving to be a challenge because many school accounting systems are not well-equipped to collect the information, state auditors said. Plus, some vendors outside Georgia are not providing the affidavits or other documentation — leaving students and teachers in a lurch when trying to plan important events.

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