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Prince George's County board accepts amendment allowing principals to enact shelter-in-place when immigration agents are nearby
Summary
After public pleas from immigrant-advocacy groups and students, the board accepted an amendment adding a principal discretion to enact a shelter-in-place protocol if an immigration enforcement agent is within 1,000 feet of school grounds; the policy will move to final consideration.
The Prince George's County Board of Education on March 26 accepted an amendment to a proposed immigration enforcement policy that would allow a school principal to enact a shelter-in-place protocol if an immigration enforcement agent is within 1,000 feet of school or facility grounds.
The amendment, proposed by Board member Amy Olivo and discussed during the Policy & Governance Committee report, added the specific language that “The school may enact a shelter-in-place protocol based on the professional judgment of the school principal if an immigration enforcement agent is within 1,000 ft of the…
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