Tag: Tennessee

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 May 12, 2023

–  In California, the California Court of Appeal reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a student who was shot in the head by a gun brought to his seventh grade science class by a fellow student.  The lawsuit…

Safety Law News for January 3, 2022

— In Maryland, the United States District Court, refused to dismiss a case brought by parents of students who were assaulted in the school’s locker room as a part of a hazing ritual known as “brooming.”  The court ruled that…

Safety Law News for June 28, 2021

— The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a school violated a student’s First Amendment rights when it suspended her from the cheerleading squad.  The school discipline was in response to the student’s use of profanity in a social media post,…

Safety Law News for May 28, 2021

In North Carolina, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina ruled that a 13-year-old student was in custody and therefore entitled to Miranda warnings prior to being interrogated by a school principal accompanied by a school resource officer who remained…

Safety Law News for April 16, 2021

— In Kansas, the United States District Court held that educators do not have immunity when they fail to properly supervise students.  In refusing to dismiss a lawsuit brought by parents of a student who was repeatedly assaulted in school,…

Safety Law News for January 4th, 2021

— In Ohio, the United States Court of Appeals held that school officials were not entitled to governmental immunity from liability arising out of the death of an eight-year-old student, who took his own life after severe bullying at the…

Safety Law News for May 20, 2020

In Tennessee, the United States District Court ruled that educators violated the rights of a student who was suspended and transferred to an alternative school.  The court found that disciplinary proceedings “rubber-stamped” the decision of the school principal without providing…

Safety Law News for January 17, 2020

• In New York, the Schenectady City School District is struggling to implement its restorative justice school discipline policies.  The new policies aim to handle incidents with constructive rather than punitive measures.  The tide of parental concerns about student safety…