- The United States Court of Appeals has ruled that school officials have qualified immunity when accessing a student’s social-networking account upon receiving information that the student sent threatening online messages to another student, where those remarks concerned school activities and where the quarrel began at a school-related function. [Jackson v. Ladner].
- The United States District Court in Pennsylvania has ruled that school officials can be liable for preventing a student from obtaining medical treatment. In the case, a sixth grade student suffering from chronic asthma died because school policy prevented her from taking medication without the supervision of a nurse. No nurse was on duty on the day of the fatal asthma attack. [Estate of Massey v. City of Philadelphia].
- In Virginia, the Commonwealth has awarded 519 schools School Security Equipment Grants totaling $6 million for video monitoring systems, metal detectors, classroom locks, electronic-access controls, visitor-identification systems and other security upgrades.
- In Missouri, the Ritenour and Riverview Gardens school districts are using the new mobile school safety platform CrisisManager. CrisisManager communicates emergency response data to schools, local emergency responders, police departments and fire departments.