Month: April 2013

Safety Law News for 4/24/13

• Farmington, New Mexico community debates policy on when parents have the right to know details of incidents that place students at risk. • The Board of Supervisors for Plainfield Township, Pennsylvania have implemented a controversial policy calling for all…

Safety Law News for 4/22/13

• More than 200 teachers from Pinellas County, Florida have expressed interest in a free class to learn about carrying a concealed weapon. • The town of Little Ferry, New Jersey, volunteered to reassign school resource officers to the school…

Safety Law News for 4/16/13

•  The Mississippi legislature is considering Senate Bill 2659 which would provide funding for School Resource Officers. The House inserted language into the bill to allow local school boards to develop safety policies to arm teachers and other school employees.…

Safety Law News for 4/10/13

• NC legislative committee approves school safety bill that sets aside $30 million over two years for matching grants so local school districts can hire more school police officers, counselors and psychologists. • In the details of a survey of…

Safety Law News for 4/8/13

Lake County, Florida, school resource officer in wrestles and arrests 7-foot alligator near school grounds.  The Ohio legislature is considering Senate Bill 42, which will amend the existing law to allow school districts to ask for property tax levies specifically…

Safety Law News for 4/3/13

• Arizona Senate approved legislation allowing designated teachers, administrators or other employees in rural schools to carry a handgun.  The policy applies only to rural schools that have 600 students or fewer, are at least 20 miles and 30 minutes…

Safety Law News for 4/1/13

• A bill that increases the role of school resource officers in Colorado schools was unanimously approved by the state Senate. •  Two counties in Alabama seek to amend the Alabama constitution to create funding to pay the costs of…