- Scotland County, North Carolina officials have agreed to provide school resource officers at every elementary school in the district.
- Municipal officials in Jackson, New Jersey have taken a step toward reinstating the school resource officer program after unanimously approving a resolution that paves the way for a shared services agreement with the Jackson School District.
- The U.S. Justice Department has issued new guidance to educators on school discipline. The guidelines are aimed at ending the use of discipline that takes students out of school.
- The Paterson, New Jersey school superintendent chose to discontinue the practice of having the retired officers have guns while working in the schools in the fall of 2012. But the district has reconsidered that decision after the Newtown tragedy.