• In California, the California Court of Appeal upheld the adjudication of a juvenile for making a criminal threat. The court ruled that the student’s conduct preceded his threat such that the circumstances surrounding his statements, and his history at school conveyed a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of executing the threat. (In Re A.C.)
• In Illinois, immediate effect has been given to legislation made law with the goal of protecting students from interrogations. House Bill 2627 says that, “a student may not be questioned or detained at a school site at which students are detained in connection with criminal charges or allegations, taken into custody, or engaged with law enforcement personnel without the presence of the student’s parent or guardian, a school social worker, or a licensed mental health professional.”
• In Washington State, the Spokane School Board is seriously studying a recommendation by a nonprofit campus safety organization whose report is the basis for a request to arm the school-based law enforcement officers. The question has split the community.
• In Colorado, a charter school that allows some of its trained staff to carry firearms has been asked to leave the Douglas County School District. The Ascent Classic Academy has the authority to hire a school resource officer, but believe it is too expensive to do so.