"Study after study is showing that there's no harm to being included, but there's great risks of harm to being segregated," says Jennifer Kurth, a professor of special education at the University of Kansas.

Schools and communities routinely boast of making great efforts to better connect students with real work opportunities, but the reality is these efforts rarely go beyond career exposure events like career days or job shadows.

As California school districts prepare for the possibility of tougher immigration policies, California Attorney General Rob Bonta offered new guidance for immigrant students and families: the right to a free public education, information required for school enrollment, and confidentiality of personal information.