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Policy committee reviews state-driven immigration, undocumented-student and school-safety updates
Summary
The Wallingford Board of Education policy committee reviewed multiple policy updates tied to Public Act 25-1, including visitor/observation rules, protections for undocumented students and required additions to school safety plans; committee sent the items on for further review and noted that the legal changes already govern practice.
The Wallingford Board of Education policy committee on April 8 reviewed and discussed several policy updates required or recommended after changes in Connecticut law, centered on how schools must respond if federal immigration authorities contact or appear at school buildings, protections for undocumented students, and updates to school safety and security plans.
The policy presenter summarized the state-driven changes, saying the revisions "clarify that in the event that federal immigration authorities appear in person at a school or otherwise contact a school to request information that the immigration authority shall be directed to communicate with the administrator designated for such interactions who will then follow the protocols defined…
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