PROTECT Act Policy on Civil Law Enforcement at Schools
At a glance
The Policy Subcommittee reviewed a draft policy 110 and procedures required by the state PROTECT Act (signed in August 2026), based on the state Department of Education model. School staff must stay calm, not physically intervene, and send any civil law enforcement officer to the principal, who contacts the superintendent and the district's attorneys, asks for identification, and checks for a judicial warrant or order; an administrative warrant does not allow entry or arrest on school grounds. The superintendent reports incidents to the Attorney General's Civil Rights Division. The procedures also cover parent notification, protection of student information, bus drivers, the school resource officer MOU, family supports and staff training. District contacts are the superintendent and the assistant superintendent. Officials said no such situation has occurred in Quincy. The subcommittee voted to move it to the full committee.
Based on auto-generated captions of the video, which covers a Policy Subcommittee meeting and the regular School Committee meeting; names and numbers may be misheard.
Sources
Log
- 2026-10-14 - School Committee - Subcommittee sent to full committee.
- 2026-09-30 - School Committee - Creation of the policy referred to the Policy Subcommittee.