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Board directs LACOE to track alternative instruction, 'Know‑Your‑Rights trainings after ICE incidents at schools
Summary
After agents entered two Los Angeles Unified campuses without a judicial warrant, the Board approved a motion directing the Los Angeles County Office of Education to survey districts on alternative instruction options, Know‑Your‑Rights outreach and mental‑health services for students deterred by immigration enforcement.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted, with one abstention, to ask the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) and the county's Office of Immigrant Affairs to survey school districts and report back on alternative instruction options, Know‑Your‑Rights presentations and mental‑health supports available to students who avoid classrooms because of fear of immigration enforcement.
Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, who introduced the motion with Supervisor Holly Mitchell as a co‑author, said the action followed recent incidents in which federal agents entered Russell Elementary and Lillian Street Elementary in the LAUSD system and requested access to students. Solis said she has seen attendance declines as families fear enforcement at school sites.
The motion asks LACOE to determine which districts have adopted independent‑study or other remote options, provided Know‑Your‑Rights trainings to families and staff, and offered mental‑health supports; to develop a plan ensuring access countywide; and for the county to support legislation expanding alternative instruction options should federal activity continue to deter attendance.
LACOE officials told supervisors they were already working with districts on training, independent‑study contracts and guidance on attendance reporting. LACOE said it had not independently sent a written letter to federal authorities but had been coordinating with a network of attorneys and the state attorney general's office on legal strategies. The board instructed the chief executive office and county counsel to continue coordination with state attorneys and other legal partners.
The board approved the motion 4-0 with Supervisor Kathryn Barger recorded as abstaining.
