Expands limits on schools and daycare facilities sharing information with or assisting immigration enforcement officers (e.g., requiring judicial warrants for nonpublic areas, barring disclosure of records without consent/warrant, mandating reports of ICE requests, and updating model policies to bar
(a) Except as required by state or federal law or as required to administer a state or federally supported educational program, school officials and employees of a local educational agency shall not do either of the following: (1) Collect information or documents regarding citizenship or immigration status of pupils or their family members. (2) Allow an officer or employee of an agency conducting immigration enforcement to enter a nonpublic area of a schoolsite for any purpose without being presented with a valid judicial warrant or judicial subpoena, or a court order.
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Requires schools, daycare facilities, and preschool programs to report immigration-enforcement access/information requests to governing boards, the Attorney General, and/or state departments, while limiting actual cooperation or data sharing absent a judicial warrant.
The superintendent of a school district, the superintendent of a county office of education, and the principal of a charter school, as applicable, shall report to the respective governing board or body of the local educational agency in a timely manner any requests for information or access to a schoolsite by an officer or employee of a law enforcement agency for the purpose of enforcing the immigration laws
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2025-10-12: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 664, Statutes of 2025.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill substantively addresses immigration-enforcement by expanding sanctuary-style protections at schools, child daycare facilities, and state preschool programs: it prohibits collection of immigration-status information, bars immigration officers from nonpublic school areas without a judicial warrant, restricts disclosure of pupil/family records without parental consent or court order, mandates reporting of all such law-enforcement requests, requires adoption and periodic updates of model policies limiting assistance with immigration enforcement, and directs facilities to prioritize family
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