School Safety Law News for 4/19/12

by Bernie James • April 19, 2012 • Comments Off

Every fifth grade student gets a Droid Incredible phone. That is the new policy in Katy, Texas, where educators are counting on a simple approach to control student cell phone use: the phones can access the campus WiFi network, but the phones are configured so that they cannot neither make calls nor send text messages.

Minnesota educators and police increasingly deal with fake Facebook identities. They say that the law, and law enforcement training, both need to catch up with the kids.

In Pennsylvania, a school barred a sixth grade girl from orchestra practice and withdrew her from the math team. The school requires random drug testing of all students in extracurricular activities; her parents refused permission. Such searches are federally constitutional, but are not allowed under the state constitution.

Meanwhile, Kansas educators may adopt random drug testing for all students in extracurriculars. They are considering both data on the effect of such policies and various implementation options.

Students keep brawling at a middle school in St. Petersburg, Florida, where educators explain how they will try to improve the school climate.

An Ohio high school suspended ten student athletes for twenty to fifty percent of their remaining games, after a parent reported that the students were drinking at weekend parties.

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