Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that prohibits school officials from allowing an immigration authority onto a nonpublic school site without a warrant or court order in California.

Highlights:

• Prohibits school officials and employees of a local educational agency from allowing an immigration authority onto a nonpublic school site without a valid warrant or court order in California (Sec. 1-6).

• Requires school officials and employees of a local educational agency, to the extent practicable, to request valid identification of any immigration authority seeking to enter a nonpublic area of a school site (Sec. 1-6).

• Prohibits a local educational agency and its personnel from disclosing or providing, in writing, verbally, or in any other manner, the education records of or any information about a pupil, a pupil’s family and household, a school employee, or a teacher to an immigration authority without a valid judicial warrant or judicial subpoena, or court order directing the local educational agency or its personnel to do so (Sec. 1-6).

• Requires the Attorney General, by December 1, 2025, to update those model policies to ensure that the policies align with the above-described prohibition on school officials and employees of local educational agencies allowing immigration authorities to enter a nonpublic area of a school site without a valid judicial warrant or judicial subpoena, or a court order, and requirements for local educational agencies, as provided (Sec. 1-6).

• Require a local educational agency to update its model policy by March 1, 2026, and to make the policy available to the State Department of Education upon request (Sec. 1-6).

• Specifies that by imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program (Sec. 1-6).

• Specifies that this bill is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect (Sec. 7).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass bill with amendment that prohibits school officials from allowing an immigration authority onto a nonpublic school site without a warrant or court order in California.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits school officials from allowing an immigration authority onto a nonpublic school site without a warrant or court order in California.

Highlights:

• Prohibits school officials and employees of a local educational agency from allowing an immigration authority onto a nonpublic school site without a valid warrant or court order in California (Sec. 1-6).

• Requires school officials and employees of a local educational agency, to the extent practicable, to request valid identification of any immigration authority seeking to enter a nonpublic area of a school site (Sec. 1-6).

• Prohibits a local educational agency and its personnel from disclosing or providing, in writing, verbally, or in any other manner, the education records of or any information about a pupil, a pupil’s family and household, a school employee, or a teacher to an immigration authority without a valid judicial warrant or judicial subpoena, or court order directing the local educational agency or its personnel to do so (Sec. 1-6).

• Requires the Attorney General, by December 1, 2025, to update those model policies to ensure that the policies align with the above-described prohibition on school officials and employees of local educational agencies allowing immigration authorities to enter a nonpublic area of a school site without a valid judicial warrant or judicial subpoena, or a court order, and requirements for local educational agencies, as provided (Sec. 1-6).

• Require a local educational agency to update its model policy by March 1, 2026, and to make the policy available to the State Department of Education upon request (Sec. 1-6).

• Specifies that by imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program (Sec. 1-6).

• Specifies that this bill is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect (Sec. 7).

Full Bill Text