Safety Law News for 11/17/14

  • In New Jersey, Hackensack School District officials reached an agreement with the Mayor and City Council to continue the school resource officer program by placing two resource officers in the high and middle schools until the 2018-2019 school year.
  • South Bend, Indiana school officials have continued to implement new policies designed to reduce the overall number of students put out of class for behavioral issues.  A new student code of conduct has been implemented and a culturally sensitive Positive Behavior Interventions and Support program.
  • In Indiana, H.B. 1287 has been introduced.  It would require schools to establish an evidence-based plan for improving student behavior and discipline, as well as report data related to disciplinary and law enforcement action in schools and for the state to work with schools to correct those disparities.