- In Pennsylvania, the federal district court has ruled that educators did not violate the rights of a ninth grade student by suspending him for posting on his website page about a bomb going off at the school the next day. The Tinker v. Des Moines case was applied to the student’s off-campus speech because educators could reasonably forecast substantial disruption at school where the speech was threatening student or school safety. [R.L. v. Central York School District].
- In California, the state court of appeal refused to get involved in a dispute on restorative justice discipline policies by deferring to a decision by the Commission on Professional Competence to reinstate an administrator for failing to call the police or report to anyone an incident involving the sale of marijuana on campus. The reinstatement was based on the administrator’s promise that she would not repeat her mistake in the future. [Bellflower Unified School District v. Commission On Professional Competence].
- In Texas, the Greenville Independent School District is proceeding with plans to form its own police department. The plan would involve the hiring of a GISD Chief of Police and additional school resource officers.
- In Connecticut, the Bridgeport Board of Education voted to eliminate the five school resource officers who are funded by the board. The school board cut the resource officers not just because the move will save nearly $500,000 a year, but because many of the duties the resource officers were performing were police duties.