Treating immigration enforcement activity as an emergency that reduces school funding penalties and exempting related records from public disclosure makes schools less likely to cooperate with or assist federal immigration authorities.
“immigration enforcement activity” includes any and all efforts on or after January 1, 2025, to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal civil immigration law, and also includes any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal criminal immigration law that penalizes a person’s presence in, entry, or reentry to, or employment in, the United States.
Exempting documentation related to immigration enforcement activity from the California Public Records Act limits public and potentially federal access to school records about such events.
Any documentation submitted to the Superintendent by a school district, charter school, county office of education, or county superintendent of schools for purposes of this section related to an immigration enforcement activity, as defined in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (10) of subdivision (a), that results in a school closure or material decrease in attendance is exempt from the California Public Records Act
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Status: Vetoed
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2026-01-22: Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds immigration enforcement activity (broadly defined to include federal civil and certain criminal immigration efforts) as a qualifying emergency for average daily attendance funding calculations, caps the credit at 10 days, requires specific independent study plans for such events, and exempts related documentation from the Public Records Act to protect privacy and safety. These provisions substantively address immigration enforcement by reducing the practical impact of enforcement on school funding and limiting record transparency, with no provisions on the other listed topics.
Related bills
AB1655CalWORKs: temporary absence: immigration detention.↓Restricts immigration enforcement Law
AB1807Immigration enforcement: use of state-owned property.↓Restricts immigration enforcement↓Restricts immigration enforcement Law
AB1994Defending Immigrant Victims Act.↓Restricts immigration enforcement=No change to immigration enforcement Law