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Committee reviews S.227 to limit federal immigration access to school nonpublic areas and set privacy rules
Summary
The committee examined S.227, which would require Vermont schools to adopt policies restricting access by federal immigration authorities to nonpublic areas, prohibit collection or voluntary sharing of immigration-related student data, and require an Attorney General–issued resource guide and district policy adoption by Aug. 1, 2026.
A legislative committee examined S.227 on procedural and privacy provisions that would require Vermont public and approved independent schools to adopt policies limiting federal immigration-authority access to nonpublic areas and protecting student-record information.
"This would be a state statute, and every school would have to adopt a policy that reflects the statute," Speaker 1 said while introducing the bill, describing additions to Chapter 33 to address immigration-related school procedures.
The bill, as described in the hearing, would define a "federal immigration authority" to include Department of Homeland Security components such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement and would treat classrooms, cafeterias, gymnasiums, playgrounds and similar areas where students gather as "nonpublic areas" requiring school authorization for entry. Under the text read to the committee, "the superintendent of the school…
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