• In Kentucky, the Governor signed into law the school safety bill that will require school resource officers to be armed. The law goes into effect immediately. (Senate Bill 8) • In New Jersey, the United States District Court refused…
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Safety Law News for February 20, 2020
In Washington State, the Court of Appeals of Washington affirmed the adjudication of a student for a fourth degree assault charge, when she struck in the face several times another student with a backpack. The appellate court agreed with the…
Safety Law News for February 18, 2020
• In Florida, the District Court of Appeal of Florida held that the school resource officer who was on duty during the campus shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was not immune from the lawsuit filed by parents under…
Safety Law News for February 14, 2020
• In Missouri, officials in the Portageville School District are once again teaching students the drug abuse resistance education program known as DARE. The program is being brought back because officials believe “it builds a bridge between the police and…
Safety Law News for February 10, 2020
• In New York, the Lockport City School District is installing facial recognition technology to monitor who’s on the campuses of its schools. Lockport school officials believe that, “if the technology had been in place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High…
Safety Law News for February 4, 2020
• In Kentucky, the Daviess County Public Schools have filed a lawsuit against e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs. The school district claims that large numbers of students across the county became addicted to nicotine because of a coordinated effort by Juul…
Safety Law News for January 31, 2020
• In New Mexico, House Bill 184 has been introduced imposing mandatory training requirements on school resource officers. It would require SROs to get more extensive training on crisis management, how to respond to students with mental and behavioral issues,…
Safety Law News for January 28, 2020
• In Kentucky, a bill filed in the current legislative session would require all school resource officers to carry firearms. The proposal, Senate Bill 8, amends Senate Bill 1 which did not specify whether or not resource officers had to…
Safety Law News for January 21, 2020
• In New York City, parents and other teachers in a Queens middle school say they are increasingly concerned over the lack of school discipline. The problem rest in the implementation of restorative justice discipline policies. Faculty and staff say…
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…