A Supreme Court decision on birthright citizenship could impact public education, raising concerns about whether long-standing protections guaranteeing free K-12 schooling for all children could be challenged. All children, regardless of immigration status, have the constitutional right to a free K.12 education, tied to the 14th Amendment ratified in 1868 and affirmed in the 1982 Supreme Court ruling Plyler v. Doe. Currently, schools are prohibited from requesting documentation that would reveal a child's immigration status. Rick Trachok, a former Nevada System of Higher Education regent and the executive director for the Center for Constitutional Law in Reno, believes that denying public education to a class of children would have significant consequences.