Massachusetts School District PROTECT Act Implementation Tracker

In August 2026, the Massachusetts Legislature passed the PROTECT Act, which created new legal obligations for school districts to protect children in their care from being abducted by federal immigration authorities. These obligations include developing and sharing policies and procedures for dealing with ICE.

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Tracker as of Oct 13, 2026. “None found online, need to ask” means nothing was posted on the district’s public website when checked. The district may still have adopted a policy or procedures (for example in school committee meeting packets), so it still needs to be asked directly. For private Chapter 766 schools, “none found” means not required, not lagging: DESE guidance does not require them to adopt a policy.

Districts posting a policy or procedure—of — public districts

Policy posted—includes drafts and older policies

PROTECT Act page—dedicated web page or section

Procedures posted—district procedures document

Not yet checked—charter schools, Chapter 766 schools and districts whose websites could not be read

Town map

Each of the 351 towns is colored by the status of its high school district. Hover over a town to see every district that serves it; click for links.

Town lines and district membership from MassGIS (town survey boundaries; public school districts). Rings mark towns with a pending or draft policy. Statewide virtual, county agricultural and institutional districts are in the table but not on the map.

Tracker

—. Click a row to see its towns on the map and its full notes.

Sources: shared PROTECT Act Google Sheet edited by partner organizations (started from the DESE directory, district websites and the MASC policy manual, checked Oct 9–13, 2026); town and school district boundaries from MassGIS.