(1) Existing law prohibits, 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 school district, county office of education, or charter school from collecting information or documents regarding citizenship or immigration status of pupils or their family members. Existing law requires the superintendent of a school district, the superintendent of a county office of education, and the principal of a charter school, as applicable, to 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 in a manner that ensures the confidentiality and privacy of any potentially identifying information.
This bill would prohibit school officials and employees of a local educational agency from allowing an officer or employee of an agency conducting immigration enforcement to enter a schoolsite for any purpose without providing valid identification and a valid judicial warrant or a court order, unless exigent circumstances necessitate immediate action. The bill would require the local educational agency, if the officer or employee meets those requirements, to limit access to facilities where pupils are not present. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(2) Existing law requires the Attorney General, by April 1, 2018, in consultation with the appropriate stakeholders, to publish model policies limiting assistance with immigration enforcement at public schools, to the fullest extent possible consistent with federal and state law, and ensuring that public schools remain safe and accessible to all California residents, regardless of immigration status, as provided.
This bill would require the Attorney General 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 officers or employees of agencies conducting immigration enforcement to enter a schoolsite without providing identification and valid judicial warrant or a court order, and the above-described requirement that local educational agencies limit the access of those officers or employees to facilities where pupils are not present, as provided.
(3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
(4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Statutes affected:
AB 49: 234.7 EDC
12/02/24 - Introduced: 234.7 EDC
04/02/25 - Amended Assembly: 234.7 EDC
04/21/25 - Amended Assembly: 234.7 EDC
06/23/25 - Amended Senate: 234.7 EDC