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Safety Law News for February 28, 2017

by Bernie James • February 28, 2017

In Indiana, the Concord Community School have voted to hire its own full-time school resource officers by the end of the 2016 school year.

In Missouri, the Union School District has teamed up with the Union Police Department and Franklin County Sheriff’s Department to implement a new program. “Open Doors” is designed to help encourage positive relationships between law enforcement and students.

In Illinois, DeKalb County officials are working with Sycamore educators and students to train staff and students on self-defense procedures as part of a national program known as ALICE. The program is designed to respond to armed attackers using procedures such as barricading doors and attacking intruders.

In Pennsylvania, the Gateway School Districts won an appeal of an Allegheny County trial judge’s ruling that denied the School Board’s decision to arm its school police officers. The appellate court ruled that the lower court judge did not have the authority to interfere with the school policy. [Petition of The Gateway School District].

Safety Law News for February 16, 2017

by Bernie James • February 16, 2017

In Minnesota, educators in the St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids-Rice school districts have put additional resources on identifying students who are disruptive by creating individual plans to help them and monitoring their mental health and social and emotional learning. Teachers have noticed the change. It has been a calmer year.

In Wisconsin, Kaukauna officials adopted an ordinance Tuesday that makes sexting by minors a municipal code violation. The revised policy was approved with the intention to discourage the conduct without charging kids with felonies.

In Washington State, arrests in Spokane Public Schools are down 88 percent from last year as educators have turned to a new disciplinary policy based on restorative justice practices.

In Illinois, Mundelein High School officials are teaming up with the Mundelein Police Department to put school resource officers in the classroom – as teachers. The goal is to have the officers teach on the law while making connections with the students.

Safety Law News for February 9, 2017

by Jared Padgett • February 9, 2017

In Rhode Island, the House of Representatives has approved legislation on safety assessments for public school buildings. The proposed policy, HB 5016 sets firm time guidelines for school departments to complete their assessments in conjunction with local police, fire, and school safety teams.

In South Carolina, the Aiken County Public Schools Superintendent responded to teachers’ concerns about discipline issues during a town-hall meeting at South Aiken High. The question that brought about the meeting: “What is your plan to back teachers when it comes to discipline and the lack of respect that the students show the teachers?”

In Colorado, the Douglas County Board of Education has voted to support a proposed policy that would allow people, including teachers, with a concealed carry permit to carry a handgun on campuses.

In Oregon, the State Police have launched the “Safe-Oregon-Tip-Line.” The program allows students, staff or other members of the public to anonymously report and share confidential information of a threat or a potential threat to student safety.

Safety Law News for February 6, 2017

by Bernie James • February 6, 2017

In Minnesota, arresting students is a last resort in the St. Paul Public Schools. Students caught fighting or carrying small amounts of alcohol or marijuana are being sent home to their parents instead of the juvenile detention center.

In Wisconsin, the Madison School Board nominated nine community members to serve on an ad-hoc committee to evaluate the School Resource Officer program.

In Tennessee, the Cheatham County Commission voted to double the number of officers in its School Resource Officers Program in the county’s 13 schools from three to six.

In Oklahoma, the Tulsa Police Department and Tulsa Public Schools are implementing a program, called “Project Trust,” with the goal of improving young people’s perceptions of police.

Safety Law News for January 24, 2017

by Bernie James • January 24, 2017

In North Carolina, The North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions survey is an anonymous statewide survey to assess conditions at schools. Its 2016 results show that 86% of teachers surveyed reported that their schools were a good place to work. 92.5% of the teachers reported that their school environment was safe. Nevertheless, nearly 30% of principals reported spending between 5-10 hours per week on student discipline issues.

In Colorado, the legislature has introduced Senate Bill 5 which will authorize school districts to designate school personnel to carry firearms if they are properly trained.

In California, the Superintendent for the Antioch Unified School District sent a letter to parents and the community regarding recent reports of racial slurs, taunting, and intimidation of students.

In Indiana, the Porter County Sheriff’s Office has posted an educational video on YouTube–“One County One Protocol,” for the purpose of introducing the vocabulary and the countermeasures of a unified response by students, faculty, staff, and police during a school crisis.

Safety Law News for January 18, 2017

by Bernie James • January 18, 2017

In Rhode Island, the Pawtucket School and Police Departments have signed a new school safety interagency agreement. Under the agreement, the principal will remain the primary administrator and disciplinarian and will not rely on the school resource officer for enforcement of minor disciplinary infractions.

In New York, state leaders are encouraging educators to develop district-wide overdose prevention policies. The New York Department of Health has an overdose prevention training program that allows school personnel to administer the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone. But just 55 school districts out of more than 700 statewide have signed up.

In New York, school officials in the Westchester and Putnam are schools are implementing an Anti-Bullying/Safety Reporting App. The program allows students to let an adult know when they are being bullied or harassed online.

In Washington State, policymakers in the Yakima Valley have launched the School Safety Operations & Coordination Center. Sixteen school districts are linked to the Center. Center staff have the capacity to remotely access and control school security cameras at certain buildings, lock and unlock doors and even control water and gas utility lines.

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