SAN FRANCISCO – Students in the San Francisco Unified School District convinced school board members on Tuesday to adopt a new policy with extra protections and services for illegal immigrants.

The resolution adopted by the SFUSD board forbids school officials or employees from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement or “providing information or consenting to access to student records,” the San Francisco Examiner reports.

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The move mirrors the city of San Francisco’s ordinance that establishes creates a “sanctuary” for illegal immigrants by banning law enforcement from cooperating with federal authorities, except in cases that involve a court order or warrant.

“We’re taking a bold step here,” SFUSD Board President Shamann Walton said at Tuesday’s meeting. “There are things that we wanted to go back and forth on over the last couple of weeks. We wanted to do the best to support our students but do that within the law.”

“The goal is to ensure that our district is not cooperating with immigration authorities in ways that put any of our students or employees in danger while also not instructing anyone to do anything that might have them break the law,” commissioner Matt Haney said.

Haney and Walton co-sponsored the resolution with two student delegates: Maria Zaragoza and Jessica Eng, according to the news site.

The new policy comes a few months after district officials sent a voicemail to parents assuring them that they would not cooperate with President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, SFist reports.

“We are committed to providing a safe space for learning for each and every one of our students including recent immigrants regardless of immigration status,” the voice message said.

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The recent resolution, which makes good on that promise, also follows a memo by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday that threatened to cut federal funding for “sanctuaries,” the Examiner reports.

“The budget released by the White House on Tuesday provided the first detailed explanation of how the Trump administration wants to define a ‘sanctuary city,’” USA Today reports.

“Buried in the 1,284-page appendix to the budget is a proposed change to federal law that would require local police to hold suspects for up to 48 hours solely to give Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents time to investigate their immigration status. Failure to do so would allow the federal government to declare those agencies as sanctuaries and withhold millions of dollars in grants.”

The SFUSD resolution, however, goes beyond simply shielding illegal immigrants from federal agents.

According to the Examiner:

The resolution creates stipended positions for an “Immigrant and Refugee Liaison” at all middle and high schools in the district as well as training for teachers and staff based on supporting undocumented students.

The school board was split 4-3 against capping spending at $200,000 in the resolution, which district staff previously estimated that it would cost to roll out.

Board members decided to cap the spending at $200,000, but did not include the promise in the legislation.

The board ultimately approved the resolution by a unanimous vote, which was met by applause from the backed board room, according to the news site.