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Safety Law News for 10/15/12

by Bernie James • October 15, 2012

On school buses, surveillance cameras capture everything from intoxicated drivers to student fights, and the cameras appear to have the support of everyone from union representatives to parents.

Oakland Unified School District has voted to accept federal monitoring in at least 38 of its schools, because the district suspends black students at about six times the rate it suspends white students.

Missouri educators are disciplining several students for a planned prank—never carried out—against a special needs student.

Oregon parents are upset that police interviewed their son at school without their permission or knowledge.

Safety Law News for 10/10/12

by Bernie James • October 10, 2012

The Tennessee Supreme Court upheld a high school student’s ten day suspension, after the football team captain violated a school rule against recklessly endangering other people.

In one hour, a Connecticut SRO’s work ranges from handing out peanuts to visiting a student who refused to attend school.

Twenty Illinois football players will miss part of their season, under their school’s athletic code of conduct, due to Facebook photos of the underage students drinking. It appears that some athletes posted threats against the unknown “snitch” on Twitter.

Safety Law News for 10/5/12

by Bernie James • October 5, 2012

In-school suspensions are replacing other forms of discipline in a Louisiana school district, as educators say that home is often the source of students’ problems. Local police question whether the discipline is strict enough.

A Maryland student said he would shoot people at school, but later told police that he was only trying to get attention. He is in counseling and it does not appear that the school will take disciplinary action.

After a male Texas principal paddled two female students, the district changed its policy to permit opposite-sex paddlings. The new policy only requires a female administrator to be present. Parents are upset that their daughters were bruised.

Safety Law News for 10/2/12

by Bernie James • October 2, 2012

“Thank you, Officer Karney, for saving my son’s life”: a mother writes to the SRO whom her son tried to shoot. Her son is now serving a six year sentence for attempted murder.

When North Carolina passed its new law to protect teachers from online student mistreatment, it included very specific details on what is illegal.

In Texas, a mother is angry that a male principal spanked her high school daughter and left bruises.

Safety Law News for 9/28/12

by Bernie James • September 28, 2012

An undercover police officer, who spent nearly two years as a “student” at a Houston high school, talks about the drug culture.

Elementary students in Arkansas are undergoing training to become young emergency responders in the event of a crisis.

An Ohio school is debuting a voluntary, random drug testing program as one more tool for students who want to stay clean.

Safety Law News for 9/26/12

by Bernie James • September 26, 2012

A federal judge in Minneapolis has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against educators who read through a student’s Facebook and email accounts.

A school shooting in Missouri was averted, perhaps minutes before it would have begun, when a student shared details with an SRO.

North Dakota police used drug dogs to search student cars. Marijuana was found in only three cars, and because these cars were parked off campus, the school will not take disciplinary action.

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