The Woodland Joint Unified School District’s Board of Trustees will vote on a resolution aiming to protect the district’s undocumented students and their families during its next meeting scheduled for Tuesday.

If passed, schools wouldn’t solicit or collect information or documents regarding the citizenship or immigration status of students or their family members or provide assistance with immigration enforcement at district schools.

“Under the California Constitution all students and staff, regardless of immigration status, have the inalienable right to attend campuses which are safe, secure, and peaceful,” the proposed resolution reads. “Protections are expressly codified in California law to outlaw discrimination on the basis of a student’s immigration status in any program or activity conducted by an educational institution that receives, or benefits from state financial assistance.”

This comes as the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has cracked down in the Golden State, with some of the most recent raids happening in the Central Valley. According to ABC 7 News, agents showed up in unmarked vehicles and arrested 78 undocumented immigrants in Fresno and Kern counties.

The operation lasted three days and left many in the area unsettled and worried about Border Patrol showing up, unannounced.

In an effort to ease some of the fears some families in Woodland regarding anxiety surrounding unannounced ICE operations, the school board wants to reiterate to the community they will not collect sensitive information regarding students’ and their family members’ immigration status.

“The district recognizes Federal and or State Immigration policies regarding access to protected areas, which confirm that Schools are “Protected Areas,” at which immigration enforcement should not generally occur. Further, WJUSD supports Immigration policy language that indicates that enforcement actions in or near “protected areas” should be avoided to the fullest extent possible,” the proposed resolution states. “No student shall be denied equal rights and opportunities nor be subjected to unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation or bullying in the district’s programs and activities on the basis of his/her immigration status.”

The upcoming board meeting will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 23, in the WJUSD District Office Board Room, located at 435 6th St.