ALL IN for Safe Schools is here to support educators and early learning providers in creating welcoming spaces to better serve children in immigrant families and LGBTQ+ children in California.
Resources for K-12 Educators
Creating Safe Schools
- Promoting a Safe and Secure Learning Environment for All: Guidance and Model Policies to Assist California’s K-12 Schools in Responding to Immigration Issues, California DOJ-Office of the Attorney General, December 2024.
- Guide from California to equip local educational agencies with the updated information and resources necessary to continue to provide safe, welcoming environments for all students and to safeguard the rights and privacy of students and their families.
- Legal Protections for Immigrant Students: A Guide for Educators, Los Angeles County Office of Education, 2024
- Presentation on California Assembly Bill 699 and Senate Bill 54: Safe Schools for Immigrant Students, what student rights are, and how CA schools can support immigrant students
- Equality California’s Institute, Safe and Supportive Schools, Equality California
- The Safe and Supportive Schools Resource Center serves as a central hub for the Safe and Supportive Schools Report Card, educator resources, and efforts in combating forced outing and other policies that make schools less safe for LGBTQ+ and all students.
- Protecting our Students Toolkit, English and Spanish, AFT, NILC, and CLASP, January 2025
- Comprehensive Guide on Immigration for Schools & Safe Zone School Resolution Guide, NEA
- The comprehensive guide includes links to several resources on how to keep schools safe from ICE enforcement and tips for how educators can support students and families impacted by ICE actions, and the guide on safe zones includes a model resolution.
- How School Districts Can Take Action to Protect Their Immigrant Students, The Century Foundation, December 2024
- Explains 2017 NYC Public School policy put in place to protect immigrant students from ICE enforcement, and how other school districts can model it.
- The Legal Authority for Sanctuary School Policies, NILC, August 2018
- Provides background on the rights of schools related to immigrant students and families, and provides guidance for creating sanctuary policies in school settings.
- CA Governor’s Webpage on Immigration & CA Families
- Standing Together: California’s Protections for Undocumented and Immigrant Students, EdTrust West
- Highlights immediate actions that state, local, and education leaders can take to ensure that immigrant and undocumented children, students, and their families are safe and supported to attend school, learn, and thrive
- FAQ resource for Education Providers, NILC
- This resource provides guidance for education providers on supporting immigrant students and families and understanding their rights in the face of immigration enforcement.
Health and Mental Health Resources for Educators
- Health Coverage Toolkit for Educators, The Children’s Partnership
- 9-8-8 Fact Sheet for Educators, TCP & Partners
- Healthy Mind, Healthy Future: Promoting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children in Immigrant Families, TCP & CIPC
- Legal & Mental Health Resources, Abriendo Puertas
Resources for Early Childhood Educators
- Safe Spaces Guide for Early Childhood Providers, UPDATED TO REFLECT 2025 CHANGES CLASP, 2022
- This guide provides practitioners, advocates, and policymakers with information and resources to design and implement “safe space” policies that safeguard early childhood programs against immigration enforcement.
- Guide: What to do if Immigration Comes to your Workplace, NELP and NILC
- Nonprofits Guidance-Regarding-Immigration-Enforcement, NYLPI
- FAQs on Nonprofit and Small Business Rights with Respect to Immigration Enforcement (ICE), Public Counsel
- Public Counsel provides free legal assistance to child care providers and small businesses in LA County
- Presentation: Rights of Businesses & Nonprofits when Interacting with ICE & Slides, Public Counsel
- Education Providers and Immigration Enforcement: Know Your Rights & Your Students’ Rights (NILC)
- Warrants & Subpoenas: What to Look Out for and How to Respond (NILC)
Know Your Rights Resources
Immigrant Rights
- Free Legal Services in California, CDSS
- Step-by-Step Family Preparedness Plan, Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- My School My Rights website, ACLU
- Learn more about student rights and what you can do to protect your rights if your school violates them!
- What to do if you Encounter ICE, ACLU SoCal
- Red Cards, ILRC
- Public Charge Roadmap for Families, CA-PIF Coalition
LGBTQ+ Rights
- Anti-Trans Community Fact Sheet, This document is for you to know what rights you have in California. You can use this information to advocate for yourself and others. March 2025, Equality California and Partners
- Know Your Rights: Gender and Restrooms, ACLU NorCal
- Post Election Guidance for California’s LGBTQ+ Community, Equality California
- Queer and Transgender Immigrant Health Brochure, CA-PIF Coalition
Health & Mental Health
- Health Coverage Factsheet 2024-2025
- Infant & Child Mental Health Resources, TCP & Partners
- Youth Mental Health Fact Sheet on Minor’s Rights to Consent, TCP & Partners
- Mental Health Resources for Undocumented People, Immigrants Rising
TAKE ACTION
- Stay Connected! Sign up for updates from ALL IN
- Monitor and stay informed of existing and emerging safe school policy initiatives
- Read TCP’s Safe Schools Policy Explainer: This document will be updated regularly to include new information and advocacy opportunities related to Safe Schools policies.
- Join the national campaign Education for ALL
- Report Immigration Enforcement Actions
- Share enforcement activity in your community! When sharing details of ICE activity, it’s important to include key details to prevent spreading fear and keeping community members separated and isolated. Report to your local Rapid Response Network: California Rapid Response Networks
- The National Immigration Legal Responders Alliance (NILRA) has created a Provisional NILRA Enforcement Actions Form to capture information on enforcement actions. This form will help to map locations and permutations of raids and enforcement actions in the coming days and weeks.
- Join local efforts in your area to unite parents and educators
- Coming Soon!
Request a Presentation or Training
Our network of educators, community leaders, advocates and lawyers offer a variety of trainings to support educators and community members across California. To view the menu of trainings available and requesting a presentation for your school district, your school or your community groups please fill out the request form below.
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