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Board approves school safety plans and tightens policy for responding to immigration enforcement
Summary
Trustees approved a batch of school safety plans and adopted policy revisions required by AB 495 and attorney general guidance to shield student data, require family notification when agents are verified on campus, and request verification of warrants with counsel; policy also states staff should not obstruct lawful warrants.
The board voted to approve a group of student achievement plans and multiple school safety plans (items covering several sites), and staff indicated they would follow up with additional presentations on unique safety needs at specific schools. Trustees thanked staff for compiling the plans and asked for further detail on unique issues at Arthur B. Engel School.
Separately, staff presented a revision to district policy in response to AB 495 and attorney general guidance relating to immigration enforcement presence on campus. The policy additions emphasize confidentiality of student and personnel data, call for notifying families when enforcement agents are verified on site, and require staff to seek a copy of any judicial warrant to verify with counsel. Staff stressed the policy does not permit obstruction of lawful warrants and that legal counsel will be engaged immediately when agents appear on campus.
