Plyler v. Doe found that undocumented students have a constitutional right to attend public elementary and secondary school for free

1. The ruling in the 1982 Supreme Court case of Plyler v. Doe found that undocumented students have a constitutional right to attend public elementary and secondary school for free. However, this law is only applied to primary K-12 schooling. As a result of other rulings some states have been allowed to deny grants and scholarships or go as far as flat out denying undocumented students access to public colleges and universities.