- In Rochester, New York, forty-one teachers have been assaulted since September. The year before that it was 13. The teachers are making an appeal before the Rochester City School District board to voice concerns about their safety, as well as the safety of their students. It is the restorative justice discipline policy that is the problem.
- In Oregon, Albany school officials and local Police plan to revise the school resource officer program in the midst of a national discussion about the proper role of SROs.
- In South Carolina, the State Superintendent has established a statewide Safe Schools Taskforce. The goal of the group is to establish best practice for student discipline and training for educators on school resource officers on how to ensure a safe environment.
- In Oregon, the Oregon Task Force on School Safety released its report containing strategies to more effectively respond to school violence and active-shooter situations. Recommendations include school tip lines, access to school floor plans and a state-funded statewide threat assessment system to identify and help students who present a potential risk for violence.