- In Indiana, the proposed budget for school safety programs has been cut. The program, designed to help Indiana school districts hire police officers and buy safety equipment, will have less than half the amount of money than when it was started in 2013.
- In Pennsylvania, teachers and administrators in the Pittsburgh schools are implementing the ALICE program. ALICE stands for alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate.
- In Indiana, the Richmond Community Schools are implementing a new backpack policy. Under the policy, students may bring backpacks to school but then must put them in their lockers for the day.
- In Georgia, school officials in Fannin County are opposed to arming teachers and administrators despite a new state law that allows educators to carry firearms. The Georgia School Board Association says no one appears to be in favor of the policy.