- Indiana has enacted a law that allows firearms in locked vehicles on school grounds. Beginning July 1, having a gun in a school parking lot will no longer be a felony. See Senate Enrolled Act 229.
- The N.C. General Assembly has enacted a law that requires every public school to have a panic alarm system installed. The alarms won’t replace school resource officers.
- Public outcry has prompted reversal in the decision to remove two of the three school resource officers in Brewton City, Alabama Schools. Officials say the SROs will remain in school through the end of the school year and will return to their schools in the fall.
- The Indiana legislature has upgraded the qualifications for persons desiring to be a school resource officer. Under the law, a school resource must be: (1) employed by a law enforcement agency; (2) appointed as a police reserve officer or special deputy; or employed as a school corporation police officer. See Senate Bill 85.