Safety Law News for 10/15/12

  • On school buses, surveillance cameras capture everything from intoxicated drivers to student fights, and the cameras appear to have the support of everyone from union representatives to parents.
  • Oakland Unified School District has voted to accept federal monitoring in at least 38 of its schools, because the district suspends black students at about six times the rate it suspends white students.
  • Missouri educators are disciplining several students for a planned prank—never carried out—against a special needs student.