Sponsor
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Representative · D-FL
The bill strengthens student privacy and community trust in schools—encouraging enrollment and engagement—while creating compliance costs for education institutions and limiting information available to immigration enforcement, with potential financial and administrative risks for local districts.
Students — including immigrant students — retain greater privacy because schools are barred from sharing education records with immigration enforcement.
Parents and families feel safer enrolling in and engaging with schools because schools cannot hand over student data for immigration enforcement, which can increase family participation in education.
Schools and universities maintain stronger trust with their communities, which can improve attendance and student participation.
Local schools and districts risk losing federal education funds if they adopt or are found to have practices that share student information with immigration authorities.
Educational institutions may face legal uncertainty and added administrative burden as they revise data‑sharing policies to comply and demonstrate noncooperation, increasing costs and staff time.
Immigration enforcement agencies may have reduced access to information that could be used in immigration investigations, potentially complicating enforcement and case outcomes.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Makes receipt of federal education funds conditional on schools not adopting policies that provide student records or any student information to immigration enforcement for immigration-enforcement purposes.
Representative · D-FL
Official title: To prohibit Federal education funds from being made available to any educational agency or institution that releases any education records or other student information for purposes of immigration enforcement.
Introduced April 20, 2026 by Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick · Last progress April 20, 2026
Prohibits schools and educational agencies that receive federal education funds from adopting policies or practices that provide student records or any other student information to immigration enforcement for immigration-enforcement purposes. Schools that have or adopt such a policy or practice would be ineligible to receive federal education funds under applicable programs, and the prohibition applies notwithstanding other record-disclosure provisions.