Overview
- TABCO’s representative assembly voted to press Baltimore County Public Schools and the school board to rapidly adopt a formal, enforceable policy preventing unlawful removal of students from school.
- The union’s proposal would deny immigration officers access to campuses or students without a valid criminal warrant signed by a federal judge.
- Requested provisions include prohibiting the collection, tracking, or sharing of a student’s immigration status unless required by law, and a ban on using district resources for civil immigration enforcement.
- TABCO seeks mandatory staff training on handling immigration enforcement, trauma‑informed support training for counselors, and protections against discipline for employees who decline to cooperate without proper legal basis.
- BCPS has a March 2025 resolution affirming immigrant students’ rights and visitor procedures that route decisions through the district’s office of law with parent notification, and the district had not issued a substantive response to the union’s call.