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Safety Law News for March 11, 2024

— In Washington State, the Supreme Court of Washington affirmed that school officials violated the statutory procedural rights of a student by indefinitely suspending him.  Administrators expelled the high school student on an emergency basis for violating its “gang contract,”…

Safety Law News for March 7, 2024

— In Kentucky, the Court of Appeals of Kentucky affirmed the application of qualified immunity in a case involving a student who while “in his fifth-period civics class, drank an alcoholic beverage from a water bottle” and when being taken…

Safety Law News for February 19, 2024

— In Michigan, the United States District Court held that school officials did not violate the rights of a student who was expelled after lying to her parents about bathroom searches that were conducted to deter vaping in schools.  The…

Safety Law News for February 7, 2024

— In North Carolina, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina vacated the adjudication of a juvenile for violating state law that punishes students who “assault on a school employee and assault inflicting serious bodily injury for the same underlying…

Safety Law News for February 1, 2024

— In New Mexico, the Court of Appeals of New Mexico, reversed the lower court’s grant of immunity to school officials who allowed a student who returned to school after orthopedic surgery to participate in recess activities, contrary both to…

Safety Law News for January 24, 2024

— In Alabama, the Supreme Court of Alabama ruled that a school district was protected from liability by state-agent immunity after a substitute teacher was attacked by students while she was working in the classroom used for students in the…

Safety Law News for January 16, 2024

— In Oklahoma, the United States District Court, held that the state policy of separating the use of male and female restrooms and changing areas in public schools based on a student’s biological sex did not violate the rights of…

Safety Law News for January 5, 2024

— In North Carolina, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina reversed the adjudication of a student because of an error by a trial court judge who allowed the student to testify “without advising him of his right to remain…