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This bill, known as the California Safe Haven Schools Act, aims to protect students and their families from immigration enforcement actions on school grounds. The bill prohibits school officials and employees from allowing immigration enforcement officers to enter nonpublic areas of a schoolsite without a valid judicial warrant, subpoena, or court order. It requires school personnel to request identification from such officers and prevents them from disclosing student education records or personal information to immigration enforcement agencies without proper legal documentation or parental consent. The bill mandates that the Attorney General update model policies by December 1, 2025, to align with these protections, and requires local educational agencies to update their policies accordingly. The legislation is motivated by research showing that increased immigration enforcement negatively impacts student engagement, performance, and school attendance, particularly for Hispanic students. The bill seeks to safeguard pupils' right to free public education regardless of immigration status, create a safe learning environment, and limit assistance with immigration enforcement where children are present. As an urgency statute, it goes into immediate effect to protect approximately 133,000 undocumented children and 750,000 students with at least one undocumented parent in California public schools.

Budget and Finance, Education, Justice

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB49