— In Wisconsin, the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin affirmed the adjudication of delinquency of a juvenile who, while unarmed and loitering on campus, repeatedly threatened to shoot a school administrator. The court ruled that the state law that prohibits…
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Safety Law News for February 1st, 2021
In Pennsylvania, the United States District Court refused to dismiss a case brought against school officials by parents of a special needs student who experienced a series of violent attacks by fellow students. The parents asserted a race discrimination claim…
Safety Law News for January 25th, 2021
In Ohio, the United States Court of Appeals ruled that reckless conduct by an elementary school principal and assistant principal eliminated governmental immunity from claims by parents of a third-grade student who committed suicide after several violent incidents at school. …
Safety Law News for January 15th, 2021
— In Pennsylvania, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, affirmed the adjudicated delinquency of a student for aggravated assault of a teaching staff member. 18 Pa.C.S. § 2705(a)(5). The law protects teachers from students who, “attempt to cause or intentionally or…
Safety Law News for January 12th, 2021
— In California, the Court of Appeal, Fifth District, ruled that a law enforcement officer violated the rights of a student by conducting a search of his person while detaining the youth on campus for smelling strongly of marijuana. The…
Safety Law News for January 8th, 2021
— In California, the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit ruled that a special needs student did not have to exhaust administrative remedies before filing a civil lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The parents alleged that…
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 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 November 4, 2020
— In Virginia, the Alexandria School Board approved a revised memorandum of understanding with the Alexandria Police Department to keep school resource officers in Alexandria schools. The vice chair of the school board made this statement, “I’m really baffled by…
Safety Law News for October 30, 2020
— In Illinois, the Elgin City Council approved a resolution to continue funding the Elgin Area School District U-46 school resource officer program. The $1.1 million agreement, the cost of which is split by the school district and the city,…