Fairfax Co. schools developing policy restricting information sharing with ICE

The Fairfax County, Virginia, school board is working on a policy to ensure that teachers, staff and police officers assigned to work at schools do not share information on the immigration status of students and their families with federal authorities.

At a Tuesday work session, board members reviewed the proposed policy that mirrors county government policy, which does not allow sharing information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

School leaders said Fairfax County schools already adheres to such guideline, but the plan is to elevate the prohibition to the policy level and provide training to ensure that school employees and volunteers keep private the immigrant status of students and their families.

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