• Illinois school board votes to clarify code of conduct for athletics and extra-curriculars for off-campus behavior.
• Indiana school district experiments with new, more progressive tardy policy
• California high school to implement a character-education program to help students interact better with one another and realize their dreams.
• Philadelphia school system adopt a new code of conduct that gives principals more flexibility in deciding how discipline is meted out to unruly students.
• U.S. Attorney collaborates with Washington State educators on cyber safety.
• West Virginia school district implements new school safety policy stressing discipline, anti-bullying and anti-harassment as part of a school system’s curriculum.
• Nebraska Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows Nebraska high school students are engaging is less risky behavior.
• New York parents of filed a federal lawsuit against a school district, alleging educators did not take adequate steps to protect their child from bullies.
• Northwest Missouri school district implements a drug-testing policy that will randomly test students in seventh through twelfth grades who participate in extracurricular activities, covering 80 percent of the district’s students.
• A 17-year-old Ohio high school student admits to being a drug “czar” with six lieutenants – all operating on the school campus selling pot to students.
• Troy, Michigan educators’ sexting policy gives notice to students that in any future investigation of a sexting incident, a school official may search a student’s cell phone, computer or other electronic device.
• Virginia school district builds relationship with local police to be proactive and not reactive in school safety and protecting the lives of the students. The focus is on building up the relationship with students.