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Safety Law News for 9/17/12

by Bernie James • September 17, 2012

Connecticut educators will not let drug dogs sniff students. They will let the dogs sniff lockers and backpacks when students are not around.

After several shootings, including the fatal shooting of a girl, a Connecticut technical school is installing metal detectors.

A University of Illinois professor released a study on factors that make students feel more or less safe at school.

One San Francisco middle school is facing serious student safety problems. And teachers are feeling unfairly targeted.

Safety Law News for 9/12/12

by Bernie James • September 12, 2012

When a California student became the target of the “Kill Katie Klub,” educators apparently decided not to act and SROs did act.

It was his twelfth day on the job: an Illinois teacher tackled and subdued a student who fired shots at school.

Safety Law News for 9/10/12

by Bernie James • September 10, 2012

An eight-year-old student in Colorado cannot wear his Peyton Manning jersey to school because the No. 18 jersey could be gang-affiliated.

Oklahoma educators and parents disagree on the definition of bullying—and on whether the school should discipline a student for off-campus behavior.

New Jersey educators are working with school bus drivers and students to curb school bus bullying.

Safety Law News for 9/7/12

by Bernie James • September 7, 2012

Missouri educators respond to fight videos posted online by their students.

A lawsuit against Birmingham Police Department, for using pepper spray in schools, is now a class action lawsuit.

The Ohio teenager who was charged with inducing panic, because of a YouTube video he created, tells police what he was thinking.

Los Angeles Unified School District is moving away from zero tolerance policies and toward counseling.

Texas’ Humble Independent School District is updating its anti-bullying policy, after state legislators expanded the definition of bullying.

Safety Law News for 9/4/12

by Bernie James • September 4, 2012

High schoolers say that guns and fights are normal to them, during a focus group in Washington state, and they discuss possible solutions.

Extra security is posted at Florida’s Palm Beach Gardens High School, after a weekend shooting that left two dead and six injured.

A 16-year-old boy in Ohio faces second degree felony charges for inducing panic with a YouTube video, which features the masked character from V for Vendetta. The video specifically says, “I am not here to physically harm anyone,” but police received over 200 concerned calls.

A new study suggests that children with autism are particularly vulnerable to bullying, according to the New York Times.

Safety Law News for 8/29/12

by Bernie James • August 29, 2012

Wichita, Kansas student arrested after SRO finds gun in school locker.

Forest Lake, MN school district expands anti-bullying program to high schools after K-9 program instituted six years ago yields positive results.

Parents and students demand better school safety after Southgate, CA high school student stabbed to death on campus.

Bassett, CA school board criticized for voting to eliminate safety officers after student stabbed on campus.

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