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When Celestina Castillo filled out the ethnicity forms at her children\u2019s school, she\u2019d always check Latino and Native American. After all, the family is proud of both its heritages.<\/p>\n

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But because of a loophole in the state\u2019s data collection system, checking Latino or Hispanic meant that her children\u2019s Native American identity was not counted at all, and they would not receive the extra services they\u2019re entitled to. When Castillo learned of this, she stopped checking the Latino box altogether.<\/p>\n

According to the arcane way California counts its 5.8 million students, students who say they are Hispanic and Native American get counted as solely Hispanic. Native American students who also identify as another race, such as Black, white or Asian, are counted as \u201ctwo or more races,\u201d not Native American.<\/p>\n

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