by Bernie James • • Comments Off on Safety Law News for 8/8/12
When Pennsylvania policymakers realized that school districts could not hire SROs, they changed state law to permit SRO hires. When “kids recognize and have a relationship with [SROs, this] deters them from hanging out with the wrong crowd and reminds them to concentrate on their school work,” said state representative Tom Rock, who authored the bill.
Random drug tests may end at New Jersey’s Hillsborough High, where educators are not convinced that the tests are reducing drug abuse.
Minnesota educators and police collaborated to make a Twitter account non-public. It contained explicit and derogatory statements about local high school students.