Senate Education panel debates warrant rules, data limits in school privacy bill S.227
Feb 18, 2026
Lawmakers reviewed S.227’s limits on collecting students’ immigration or citizenship data and debated whether federal immigration authorities should need judicial warrants to enter nonpublic school areas. The committee asked the AG and AOE to craft model policy language and clarifications.
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Montpelier — The Senate Education Committee spent its Feb. 18 markup examining S.227, a bill that would restrict school districts from collecting students’ immigration or citizenship information except where state or federal law requires it and would limit when federal immigration authorities may enter nonpublic school areas without judicial authorization.
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