No ICE in Schools Act
Sponsored By: Representative Cherfilus-McCormick
Introduced
Summary
Bar federal education funds to schools that share student education records or other student information with immigration enforcement without written parental consent.
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This bill would require written parental consent before any education records or other student information, including personally identifiable or directory information, is released for immigration enforcement. The consent must specify which records or information will be released, why they are being released, and to whom, and parents must receive copies and may have the student receive a copy if they want.
- Families and students: Parents must provide written consent that names the records, explains the reasons, identifies recipients, and they receive copies; students can get a copy if parents request it.
- Schools and education agencies: Any school or district with a policy or practice of releasing records for immigration enforcement without that consent would be ineligible for federal education funds and would need to change its practices.
- Immigration enforcement: Agencies would face restrictions on getting education records or personally identifiable and directory information from schools unless parents sign the required consent.
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Stop sharing student records with ICE
If enacted, this bill would block schools that get federal education money from sharing student education records or other student information with immigration enforcement. Schools could only share if a student’s parents sign written consent that names which records will be released, states the reasons, and identifies who will get them. The school would have to give a copy of the records to the parents and to the student if the parents want that. The rule applies when the disclosure is for immigration-enforcement purposes and would be enforced by withholding federal education funds from schools with a policy or practice of sharing without that consent.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Cherfilus-McCormick
FL • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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