- It appears that no South Dakota school districts will implement a new state law that allows teachers and volunteers to carry firearms in buildings.
- Gadsden City, Alabama Schools will have school resource officers on every campus because of a long-term contract with the police department to use off-duty police officers.
- Officials in Clayton County, Arkansas are implementing an interagency agreement to shift the school safety program from “zero tolerance” school policing to the Positive Student Engagement Model for School Policing.
- School officials in Oak Ridge, Tennessee have signed an interagency agreement that provides clear roles for guaranteeing school safety. The agreement was reached in response to community concerns that school conditions had deteriorated to the extent that some children were afraid to go to school.
- After spending the summer considering whether to hire armed guards to watch over some Costa Mesa, California schools, the school district has decided to stick with police officers for their school resource officer program.
- A detailed, statistical report from Legal Aid of North Carolina’s Advocates for Children’s Services charges that the officials in the Wake County, North Carolina school system have fallen short on efforts to reduce both the length and number of student suspensions.