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Safety Law News for May 27, 2016

by Bernie James • May 27, 2016

In New York, data provided by the NYPD data contradict Mayor de Blasio’s repeated assertions that city schools are safe. Over 1,750 weapons have been recovered in the past 10 months — up 26 percent over last year.

In Kentucky, the Kentucky Center for School Safety is releasing a Report that 90% percent of school administrators surveyed said their school boards had passed bullying prevention policies, but nearly half said they were not given copies of the policy nor received any training on how to implement them.

In California, the San Francisco Unified School District has successfully settled a lawsuit for $11.5 million to settle a lawsuit it brought against a school bus company that used unsafe buses to transport San Francisco students.

In Tennessee, the Shelby County Schools will withhold nearly a million dollars in performance pay from its school bus contractor for failing to meet transportation safety benchmarks.

In Indiana, the Indiana Department of Education certified a new class of school safety specialists, bringing the total number of these officials to about 2,500. The number of these specialists deployed at schools throughout Indiana has more than doubled since 2010.

Safety Law News for May 24, 2016

by Bernie James • May 24, 2016

In Wisconsin, the city of Shawano has passed an ordinance allowing police to fine parents if their child doesn’t stop their bullying behavior after a 90-day warning. The law compliments current Shawano School District policies that prohibit cyber-bullying.

In Tennessee, the Knox County Schools taskforce on discipline announced its policy recommendations to reduce disparities in school discipline connected to race, income, disability, language or gender.

In Idaho, the Idaho School Safety and Security Act goes into effect July 1. The law creates a new state department, The Office of School Safety and Security. The law stipulates that personnel from that office and other safety inspectors must regularly conduct safety and security assessments of schools.

In California, a new study by researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) and Israel’s Bar Ilan University finds a correlation between student achievement and school safety. Schools that first raised academic performance usually got large reductions in school violence.

Safety Law News for May 19, 2016

by Bernie James • May 19, 2016

In South Carolina, two high school administrators are being investigated after an incident report revealed that school resource officers were never called to assist in a search for a gun inside a student’s car at the school.

In Pennsylvania, the Gateway School Board is implementing a plan to hire 10 retired and armed law enforcement officers and dedicate at least one in each of the district’s seven schools.

In California, a history of campus violence and the failure of educators to institute a safe schools plan is the basis of the lawsuit of parents whose son was shot in the head on campus.

In California, a Ventura County grand jury began an investigation after receiving a complaint about safety at the schools. The grand jury has told the Ventura County Office of Education to dedicate a school resource officer on campus at one school for emotionally disturbed students.

Safety Law News for May 17, 2016

by Bernie James • May 17, 2016

In Texas, the Irving Police Department has joined the Dallas Police Department to placed body cameras on its school resource officers. The data from the camera footage will be stored online.

In Virginia, a pilot program in Roanoke schools will implement restorative justice disciplinary procedures with the goal of reducing police involvement in campus disruptions.

In South Carolina, officials in Anderson County are exploring changing out their school resource officers for security officers, after they learned the district could save $412,000 each year.

In Tennessee, a disagreement between police and educators over the arrest and handcuffing of disruptive elementary school students has led to a community-wide debate over whether to implement restorative policies in the schools.

Safety Law News for April 26, 2016

by Bernie James • April 26, 2016

In Colorado, the Douglas County School District plans to arm its security staff with 10 semiautomatic rifles designed to provide a high-powered defense in the event of a shooting or other violent incident.

In Illinois, the Community Consolidated Elementary District 21 serves Wheeling, Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights. In a close vote, the school board made a budget priority to keep police officers in the schools to build rapport with students and provide a sense of security.

In Florida, officials in Duval County are in conflict over restorative justice policies. Student arrests are down 39%, but the State Attorney says educators are exceeding the limits of the Code of Conduct. Florida law allows schools to deal with “petty acts of misconduct and misdemeanors” in-house.

In Oklahoma, the Oklahoma City school district reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Education after an investigation determined black students accounted for 42 percent of in-school suspensions during the 2014-15 school year, while comprising 26 percent of the population, according to a statement released Wednesday by the department.

Safety Law News for April 15, 2016

by Bernie James • April 15, 2016

In South Carolina, school resource officers in North Charleston schools serve as a primary source of reports and referrals to local child care agencies.

In Mississippi, a new study reports teachers perceive a difference in the safety of the school based on the type of officers utilized in the campus safety plan. Teachers perceived being more safe in schools with sworn and armed school resource officers as opposed to schools with unarmed and non-sworn school safety officers.

In Virginia, the governor vetoed legislation that would have allowed private school security officers to carry firearms on school property under certain conditions. [HB 1234]

In California, parents are voicing concerns after the Kingsburg Joint Union High School District board unanimously approved a new policy allowing up to five employees to carry a concealed weapon on campus.

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