LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Unified School District has banned Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from school property.

There were no specific incidents that precipitated the action, but many illegal immigrant students stopped showing up for class in L.A. and many other school districts after federal officials carried out immigration raids last month, Fox LA reports.

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In a resolution approved by a unanimous vote of the school board Tuesday, the district directed teachers and staff no to allow ICE agents on campus or into any school building without explicit permission from the superintendent and district attorneys, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The LA school district’s ICE ban follows a similar pledge reiterated by San Francisco schools last month.

LA board member Ref Rodriguez co-sponsored the recent resolution not because ICE raided schools, but because the city’s large Central American population is worried it might, and aren’t sending kids to school.

ICE spokeswoman Virginia Kice told the Times ICE does not conduct raids on “sensitive” locations like schools or churches.

Aside from banning ICE agents, the resolution also tasks the superintendent with creating a “rapid-response” network for children of those detained by immigration officials within 90 days, and prohibits staff from sharing any student data with ICE without the district’s permission.

“California … has one of the highest percentages of K-12 students who have unauthorized immigrant parents, and a lot of parents here in Southern California are definitely praising” LAUSD’s action, Fox 11 reports.

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“We stand for the safety of our children,” LAUSD board member Rodriguez told the Times. “These are safe spaces.”

At least one parent, who was not identified by the Times, seemed to agree it’s the school board’s responsibility to take care of students whose parents are deported by federal agents for coming to the country illegally.

“We are afraid to send them to school or even myself to go to adult school,” the woman told board members Tuesday. “We need you to make a plan. What will happen if I get picked up?”

ICE officials told the Times agents routinely visit schools to check on international students, but do not investigate illegal immigrant students while there. Schools that prohibit agents from carrying out their duties under the ICE Student and Exchange Visitor Program will not be eligible to host international students, ICE spokeswoman Carissa Cuttrell said.

“Federal law requires ICE to continuously monitor schools and non-immigrant students by collecting data and conducting site visits,” she said.

The sanctuary movement is growing rapidly in the Los Angeles area and across the country, according to the Times, and many church leaders are vowing to physically block ICE from deporting illegal parishioners.

“We are willing to fight this tooth and nail,” Rev. Fred Morris, the 82-year-old leader of North Hills United Methodist Church told the Times. “If ICE wants to come get them, they’re going to have to break down the church door.”

The network of congregations offering sanctuary for illegal immigrants increased from 35 nationwide to more than 50 over the last year, according to the news site.