Senate panel advances bill to limit immigration enforcement on school grounds
The Senate Education Committee voted to send AB 49, the California Safe Haven Schools Act, to the Judiciary Committee after hours of testimony from educators, legal advocates and unions urging protections for students and school staff from immigration enforcement near campuses.
The full story
The Senate Education Committee on Thursday voted to refer Assembly Bill 49, the California Safe Haven Schools Act, to the Senate Judiciary Committee after testimony from educators, immigrant-rights lawyers and school officials who said federal immigration enforcement near campuses is deterring attendance and harming students.
Sign up to keep reading.
Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.
or