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Board votes to advance updated policy on response to immigration enforcement, schedules second reading
Summary
Trustees approved moving forward with amended board policy language on responses to immigration enforcement (policy 1445 and related student‑records revisions) consistent with state model guidance and scheduled a second reading to meet the March 1 upload deadline to the California Department of Education.
The board voted to advance amended board policies outlining how school staff should respond to immigration‑enforcement activity on campuses and to schedule a second reading in order to meet the CDE's March 1 deadline. Staff said the revisions follow model language circulated by the attorney general and are intended to protect safe and secure learning environments regardless of immigration status.
Legal counsel walked trustees through operational steps staff should take if immigration enforcement agents arrive on campus: request identification and judicial paperwork, respectfully ask individuals without proper paperwork to leave, notify supervisors and district leadership, and activate rapid‑response legal observers as needed. Counsel emphasized staff must not physically intervene and that the policy's intent is to keep students safe while preserving legal rights. The motion to amend and move the policy forward passed unanimously.
