- The New York Court of Appeals has invalidated a cyberbullying law that punished any form of electronic communication – including any off-campus activities that “foreseeably create a risk of substantial disruption within the school environment, where it is foreseeable that the conduct, threats, intimidation or abuse might reach school property.”
- A U.S. District Court in Texas upholds a school policy on cyberbullying which prohibits students from, “Send[ing], post[ing] or possess[ing] electronic messages that are abusive, obscene, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing, damaging to another’s reputation or illegal, including cyberbulling and ‘sexting’ either on or off school property, if the conduct causes a substantial disruption to the educational environment.”
- The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld discipline against high school students who refused to change clothing bearing American flag. The court ruled that the educators’ actions were tailored to avert violence and focused on student safety due to ongoing racial tension and gang violence.
- New data shows the Great Falls, Montana school resource officers program is having a positive effect in lowering the crime rate on campuses. The 2013-2014 data shows the calls and complaints investigated decreased and the number of responses police made dropped dramatically.
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