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The California Assembly passed Assembly Bill 699 on October 5, 2017
11/09/2018
Julius Pañares
Safe Schools for Immigrant Students – AB 699
The California Assembly has passed Assembly Bill 699 on October 5, 2017
The full wording of the bill can be found here:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB699
Key aspects of the bill...
Julius Pañares
Safe Schools for Immigrant Students – AB 699The California Assembly has passed Assembly Bill 699 on October 5, 2017
The full wording of the bill can be found here:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB699
Key aspects of the bill...
Safe Schools for Immigrant Students – AB 699
The California Assembly has passed Assembly Bill 699 on October 5, 2017
The California Assembly has passed Assembly Bill 699 on October 5, 2017
The full wording of the bill can be found here:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB699
Key aspects of the bill include the following, as described by the CTA (California Teachers Association)
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB699
Key aspects of the bill include the following, as described by the CTA (California Teachers Association)
- Prohibits discrimination based on a student’s actual or perceived immigration status
- A school district’s complain t processes must include discrimination based on immigration status.
- Schools cannot collect information regarding citizenship or immigration status of students or their family members.
- Parents must be informed of their children’s right to a public education regardless of immigration status or religious beliefs.
- Students must be educated about the negative impact of bullying based on immigration status or religious beliefs.
- The attorney General must publish model policies to keep immigration enforcement agencies out of schools. School districts must adopt these model policies or their equivalent.