New London Board of Ed Adopts New Immigrant Policy

NEW LONDON, CT — The city's Board of Education Thursday unanimously approved a new immigration policy to protect immigrant students and families, an emergency measure in light of moves by President Trump's administration to strengthen immigration enforcement.

The Day reports that the board wanted to set in place procedures for district officials to take in the event of federal immigration agents visiting schools. Additionally, the district wanted it on record that New London schools are accepting of immigrants.

The new policy states, in part:

New London Public Schools (NLPS) welcomes anyone from any nation, culture, religion and
ethnic background. NLPS values and embraces the richness and cultural assets that all of our
wonderfully diverse students and families bring to the greater New London community and our
schools.

The Board of Education believes that the success of each and every New London student will not
be predicated by race, income, ethnicity, hone language, personal characteristics, gender identity
or ability.

The Board of Education is committed to the success of every student in each of our schools. In
order to provide all of its students with the opportunity to succeed, the New London Board of
Education is committed to providing a free public education to all children, independent of one’s
legal status.

To read the full draft of the new policy, click here.

Last week, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy sent guidance to police chiefs and school superintendents on how to handle situations with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, which the New London School District used as a model for its policy.

Click here to read the full story on The Day website.