Tag: Colorado

Safety Law News for November 3, 2023

— In Oregon, the Court of Appeals of Oregon ruled that Oregon law required the reversal of dismissed claims brought by paraeducators who worked in special education classrooms within the Portland Public Schools.  The paraeducators claimed that, “they repeatedly and…

Safety Law News for October 27, 2023

— In California, the California Court of Appeal denied immunity to a school district for injuries to a student who made her way to school by other means when the school bus “had not arrived for 40 minutes after the…

Safety Law News For July 26, 2023

— In Ohio, the Ohio Court of Appeals ruled that the totality of the circumstances of a juvenile interrogation about a sexual assault supported a conclusion that juvenile was in police custody and thus Miranda warnings were necessary.  In reversing…

Safety Law News for November 29, 2021

— In Rhode Island, the Supreme Court of  Rhode Island affirmed the liability verdict against a school whose disciplinary policy failed to provide students with a safe and secure school.  The victimized student was assaulted by another student at school. …

Safety Law News for March 19, 2021

— In Maryland, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland reversed the adjudication of a student for shouting in the classroom that he would “shoot up” the room if he did not find a folder he had left behind during…

Safety Law News for December 17, 2020

— In New Mexico, the Court of Appeals of New Mexico held that the statements of a student to an assistant principal about possessing a knife on school property were presumptively inadmissible in a delinquency proceeding.  The statute, NMSA 1978,…

Safety Law News for October 27, 2020

— In Kentucky, the Kentucky Nurses Association School Nurse Task Force believes each school should have one nurse for every 750 students “every day, all day.”  It is making its case to the legislature, asking for a $3 million pilot…

Safety Law News for October 23, 2020

— In Georgia, the Court of Appeals of Georgia reversed the adjudication of a student for simple assault.  The student was defying the authority of an administrator and said to the school resource officer, “F__, no. I ain’t going nowhere…

Safety Law News for August 18, 2020

— In Colorado, the United States District Court held that the authority of school officials to discipline student speech under Tinker v. Des Moines Schools (393 U.S. 503 (1969)), applied to the off-campus speech of student who posted a picture…

Safety Law News for June 26, 2020

— In New York,  the Syracuse City School District is discussing police reform.  Police Chief Kenton Buckner has said he’d like to remove police from schools.  Mayor Ben Walsh is open to the idea. — In Colorado, officials in the…