Safety Law News for 11/6/13

  • Fremont County, Wyoming Board of Cooperative Education Services is providing leadership for a partnership between local agencies to improve cooperation, training, and crisis planning to improve the safety of students and security in area schools.
  • Sequim, Washington’s four schools will have a full-time police presence in the 2014-15 school year after the City Council unanimously agreed to a partnership with the School District to fund an officer dedicated solely to the district.
  • School officials in Davidson County, North Carolina are concerned that parents who misunderstand new law House Bill 937 on carrying concealed weapons may bring guns onto campus thinking it is now lawful.  It is still a felony to have a gun on any campus.
  • School officials in Addison County, Vermont are working with their interagency partners to Addison County to respond to cyber bullying after the suicide of a 16 year-old student.
  • The Mississippi State Board of Education approved the distribution of $1.57 million to 50 school districts across Mississippi. The funding will put 157 additional trained SROs on duty in school districts across Mississippi.