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Community urges Pinellas schools to adopt safe‑zone protections as legal counsel explains federal limits
Summary
Parents, teachers and union leaders urged the Pinellas County School Board to adopt a safe‑zone resolution on Jan. 28 to reassure immigrant families; board legal counsel said federal immigration authority is longstanding and the district does not collect immigration status.
Multiple community speakers and the Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association asked the Pinellas County School Board on Jan. 28 to adopt a safe‑zone resolution to reassure families after recent federal immigration enforcement guidance and national headlines.
"It is the right of every child, regardless of immigration status, to access a free public K‑12 education," Lee Bryant, president of the Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association, told the board. He said he emailed a model safe‑zone resolution to board members and described it as closely tied to the U.S. Supreme Court precedent Plyler v. Doe. Bryant said the resolution would contain reassurances for students, procedures for…
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