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Hazleton Area SD board asks solicitor to review protections for students amid ICE concerns; discusses language-access policy
Summary
After a student asked whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement could enter schools, the Hazleton Area School District board asked its solicitor to review options to keep schools safe; the board also discussed gaps between written language-access policy and available staff resources.
The Hazleton Area School District Board of Directors asked its solicitor to review ways to protect schools from immigration-enforcement actions after a student raised the possibility that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement might enter schools or churches to look for undocumented people.
The discussion began when Student Representative Faith said she had not heard of any student conversations about the issue. "I haven't heard anything though," Faith said. A board member then asked the district solicitor to look into how to designate schools as…
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