A federal judge held that a Georgia school was not responsible for a student’s suicide when he hanged himself. The court found that, even though educators could have done more to prevent bullying against the student, they did respond to…
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School Safety Law News for 6/18/12
A high school freshman in New York was suspended for her anti-bullying class projects: a YouTube video and a Facebook page featuring a fictitious bullying victim, who commits suicide. Educators allegedly said that the student’s actions could lead to jail…
Safety Law News 6/12/12
After an eight-year-old special needs student was handcuffed, Las Vegas educators are moving to amend a policy that permits campus police to handcuff students. The student has repeatedly tried to injure people around him. Wyoming students have a new motivation…
Safety Law News for 6/8/12
Indianapolis Public Schools expelled a student who brought a stun gun to school. His mother gave him the stun gun to protect himself against bullies — and the community is vocally protesting his expulsion. A New Jersey principal wants parents…
Safety Law News for 6/6/12
Two Florida youth used a stolen two-way radio to report a high school shooting — causing police to comb the school for the alleged shooter. The teenagers have been arrested for making a false report. An Iowa middle school student…
Safety Law News for 6/4/12
The Atlantic asks: Do Cell Phones Belong in the Classroom? A new FCC condition on federal technology funds — combined with a new anti-cyberbullying law in Ohio — mean that educators face new imperatives in teaching students about social media…
Safety Law News for 6/1/12
Connecticut educators discuss how to define bullying, even as they acknowledge the perception that, “Anything that happens, it all becomes bullying.” They note the need to distinguish bullying, civil rights violations, and criminal actions. In addition, a video provides details…
School Safety Law News for 5/24/12
Two Ohio elementary school students are facing criminal charges after one of them brought a loaded gun to school on Thursday. Both of them tried to hide it, but got caught. Georgia school police use Facebook to keep schools safe.…
School Safety Law News for 5/21/12
The National Center for Education Statistics reports that 4 percent of students were “afraid of attack or harm at school” in 2009 — a threefold decline from the 12 percent who were thus afraid in 1995. Educators discuss how they…
School Safety Law News for 5/16/12
Two students gave away their plans for a Columbine-style shooting, when they posted about their plans on Facebook. One of the teens posted that he was going to teach “TRIGGERnometry.” An Arkansas school is planning to require random drug tests…