In Texas, Senate Bill 179 will go into effect on September 1, 2017. The law requires school districts to include cyberbullying in their policies and notify a child’s parents if he or she is a victim or aggressor of bullying. …
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Safety Law News for July 28, 2017
In Minnesota, the head of the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office Juvenile Prosecution Division made a presentation in favor of keeping the SRO program. The data show that since 2006, the program produced a steady decline in school crime referrals in…
Safety Law News for July 13, 2017
In Arkansas, school resource officers are being trained under a new approach to active shooter incidents in schools. The “solo engagement” protocol is replacing the past policy of waiting for backup before engaging an active shooter. In Alabama, Shelby County…
Safety Law News for June 28, 2017
In Ohio, the Ohio Court of Appeals upheld a trial court ruling that found a 12-year-old delinquent for violating a state law that provides that “No person, with knowledge of its character or content, shall recklessly… [d]irectly sell, deliver, furnish,…
Safety Law News for May 19, 2017
In Kentucky, a report from the Kentucky Center for School Safety has named marijuana use and possession as the top law violation among students in Kentucky for the 2015-16 school year. The data show law violations gradually go up until…
Safety Law News for May 3, 2017
In Kentucky, the Kentucky Center for School Safety released a report that compiles committed crimes in schools in the state. Less than one percent of students at public schools in Kentucky committed crimes. The number one violation for students was…
Safety Law News for April 18, 2017
In Massachusetts, the Springfield Public Schools have combined restorative justice principles with the “triad” concept of school-based policing to reduce arrests and suspensions. Arrests have declined 70 percent over a five-year period. Suspensions — in school and out of school…
Safety Law News for April 10, 2017
In Tennessee, the director of Murfreesboro City Schools has asked the Murfreesboro City Council to expand the school resource officer program. Dr. Linda Gilbert says, “we would love to have one in every school…we have found them absolutely invaluable to…
Safety Law News for December 12, 2016
In Pennsylvania, the federal district court has ruled that school officials can be liable for violating student rights under Title IX when student-on-student harassment is ignored. The court ruled that educators have a duty to intervene when they possess “actual…
Safety Law News for August 16, 2016
In Ohio, the Stow-Munroe Falls School District is implementing a new visitor management system. The system requires visitors to have their state or federal identification scanned. It checks the identification against a national database of registered sex offenders. It can…