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Baltimore County board approves first reader of Policy 12-50 on immigration-enforcement access after wide public comment
Summary
After hours of public testimony from families, students and staff, the Baltimore County Board of Education approved the first reader of Board Policy 12-50, which would limit school cooperation with immigration enforcement, require judicial warrants for enforcement on campuses and set annual training requirements; legal and implementation questions remain.
The Baltimore County Board of Education on April 21 approved the first reader of a new Board Policy 12-50 that would limit immigration enforcement on school property and set protocols for staff training and data privacy.
The policy, presented by Policy Review Committee chair Christina Pumphrey, would require judicial warrants for immigration enforcement on school grounds, prohibit collection and sharing of student immigration-status data, and mandate training and trauma-informed counseling practices. Pumphrey successfully moved an amendment changing some training requirements from a quarterly basis to at least a yearly basis, and the board accepted…
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