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Placentia‑Yorba Linda board adopts new immigration‑enforcement response policy after hours of testimony
Summary
After more than an hour of public comment and detailed legal review, the board adopted Board Policy 1445 to align with new state requirements on immigration enforcement, directed staff to finalize administrative regulations and training, and deleted older, overlapping policies.
The Placentia‑Yorba Linda Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday voted 5–0 to adopt Board Policy 1445, a district policy that updates how staff must respond to requests from immigration‑enforcement officers and meets new state reporting and training deadlines.
The policy, presented as a first‑reading and then adopted after discussion, reiterates that district employees shall not solicit or collect information about students’ or families’ immigration status except as required by state or federal law or in response to a valid judicial warrant or court order. It also prohibits granting routine access to nonpublic areas of school property or district transportation without judicial authorization, while adding a risk‑management clause that staff should not obstruct law enforcement actions.
Superintendent Dr. Kim and staff described the change as a…
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