Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SJR0011 Compare Versions

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3	3	1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
4	4	2 WHEREAS, School districts and the Illinois General
5	5	3 Assembly have a responsibility to protect all students
6	6	4 regardless of their race, immigration status, religion,
7	7	5 ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation and to recognize
8	8	6 their contribution to our diverse learning community and will
9	9	7 not be impeded or subdued from exercising our collective
10	10	8 responsibility; Illinois has an estimated 510,000 undocumented
11	11	9 residents, and of that number, which includes those in higher
12	12	10 education, roughly 400,000 are students; and
13	13	11 WHEREAS, The education, safety, emotional well-being, and
14	14	12 family relationships of numerous students are at-risk; whether
15	15	13 it is because of their immigration status, race, sexual
16	16	14 orientation, or religion, students should be protected and in
17	17	15 safe hands when learning; and
18	18	16 WHEREAS, School districts and the Illinois General
19	19	17 Assembly should be committed to ensuring that schools and
20	20	18 school campuses are safe and welcoming places for all students
21	21	19 and their families; and
22	22	20 WHEREAS, Federal immigration law enforcement activities
23	23	21 and stop and frisk practices on or around district property
24	24	22 and transportation routes, whether by surveillance, interview,
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33	33	1 demand for information, arrest, detention, or any other means,
34	34	2 have the potential to harmfully disrupt the learning
35	35	3 environment to which all students, regardless of immigration
36	36	4 status, race, religion, or sexual orientation, are entitled;
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38	38	6 WHEREAS, No federal or state law obligates a public school
39	39	7 district to earmark any resources, financial or otherwise, to
40	40	8 the enforcement of federal immigration laws or stop and frisk
41	41	9 policies; and
42	42	10 WHEREAS, Educational personnel are often the primary
43	43	11 source of support, resources, and information to assist and
44	44	12 support students and student learning, which includes their
45	45	13 emotional health; and
46	46	14 WHEREAS, School districts and the Illinois General
47	47	15 Assembly should have the best interest of the students, staff,
48	48	16 families, and school community in mind as they take measures
49	49	17 to ensure that disruptions to the educational environment that
50	50	18 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions may create
51	51	19 will be opposed by any legal means available; and
52	52	20 WHEREAS, The 1982 Supreme Court case Plyler v. Doe
53	53	21 established that undocumented children have a constitutional
54	54	22 right to receive a free public K-12 education in the United
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65	65	1 States; therefore, be it
66	66	2 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
67	67	3 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF
68	68	4 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we call on school
69	69	5 districts and school boards to pass resolutions that:
70	70	6 (1) Designate Illinois schools to be a safe haven for
71	71	7 all students, school staff, and families threatened by
72	72	8 immigration enforcement, discrimination, and stop and
73	73	9 frisk policies to the fullest extent permitted by law and
74	74	10 communicate safe haven status through correspondence,
75	75	11 signage, and other messaging to students, school staff,
76	76	12 parents, and community members;
77	77	13 (2) Prevent the release of information or assist ICE
78	78	14 and/or local law enforcement with identifying and
79	79	15 apprehending undocumented students, school staff, parents,
80	80	16 or their families;
81	81	17 (3) Require agencies with which it holds
82	82	18 intergovernmental agreements, such as local law
83	83	19 enforcement departments or agencies, to uphold the
84	84	20 determinations outlined in this resolution;
85	85	21 (4) Abstain from using Illinois school resources for
86	86	22 detecting or assisting in the apprehension of persons who
87	87	23 may be targeted in immigration enforcement, unless
88	88	24 specifically supported by a valid and properly issued
89	89	25 criminal warrant;
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100	100	1 (5) Deny the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's
101	101	2 (DHS) access to school databases, facilities, equipment,
102	102	3 personnel, and other resources for purposes of
103	103	4 implementing registries based on race, gender, sexual
104	104	5 orientation, religion, immigration status, or national or
105	105	6 ethnic origin to conduct civil immigration enforcement;
106	106	7 (6) Reject any effort to create religious litmus tests
107	107	8 or screenings for individuals or families to navigate the
108	108	9 immigration process and, most importantly, reject any
109	109	10 federal or state effort to create a registry of
110	110	11 individuals based on religion or ethnicity; and
111	111	12 (7) Oppose any existing or future federal mandates to
112	112	13 implement stop and frisk policies in and around schools
113	113	14 that have and will continue to contribute to the growth of
114	114	15 the school to prison pipeline for African American
115	115	16 students and a fast track to deportations for undocumented
116	116	17 students; and be it further
117	117	18 RESOLVED, That we urge all school districts in the State
118	118	19 of Illinois to pass resolutions and implement policies that
119	119	20 protect undocumented students, families, staff, and community
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