Safety Law News for 1/9/14

  • Berkeley County, South Carolina schools conduct audit of school safety after officials in Colorado says the school shooting that took place there last month could have been much worse if a school resource officer had not been able to approach the student about 80 seconds after the shooting began.
  •  Herkimer County, New York students report feeling safe in school in a recent survey.  School officials attribute the result to improved implementation of safety policies.
  •  The United States District Court in Tennessee has ruled that school officials may not regulate off-campus online speech by students when the student’s speech has no connection to the school whatever other than the fact that both the speaker and the targeted victim of the speech studied there.   Nixon v. Hardin County Bd. of Education.