Tag: school safety

Safety Law News for March 11, 2024

— In Washington State, the Supreme Court of Washington affirmed that school officials violated the statutory procedural rights of a student by indefinitely suspending him.  Administrators expelled the high school student on an emergency basis for violating its “gang contract,”…

Safety Law News for February 19, 2024

— In Michigan, the United States District Court held that school officials did not violate the rights of a student who was expelled after lying to her parents about bathroom searches that were conducted to deter vaping in schools.  The…

Safety Law News for January 24, 2024

— In Alabama, the Supreme Court of Alabama ruled that a school district was protected from liability by state-agent immunity after a substitute teacher was attacked by students while she was working in the classroom used for students in the…

Safety Law News for January 16, 2024

— In Oklahoma, the United States District Court, held that the state policy of separating the use of male and female restrooms and changing areas in public schools based on a student’s biological sex did not violate the rights of…

Safety Law News for December 18, 2023

— In Tennessee, the United States Court of Appeals affirmed the liability of  a school district under Title IX for its deliberate indifference to threats made against a student and her family after she reported student-on-student threats and harassment.  The…

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 October 24, 2023

— In Pennsylvania the United States District Court ruled that the provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) were not violated by keeping a student in an interim alternative education setting beyond the forty-five (45) day limit without…

Safety Law News for July 19, 2023

— In Florida, the District Court of Appeal reversed the refusal of the Circuit Court to issue a Risk Protection Order against a student who was caught on campus with a  Glock 42 .380 caliber handgun, a loaded magazine, and…

Safety Law News for March 10, 2023

— In Iowa, the United States District Court dismissed a lawsuit against a police officer and a school district brought by a student who was taken down to the ground and briefly handcuffed after engaging in behavior that the officer…