— In New Jersey, the Supreme Court of New Jersey refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a student who alleged that a teacher sexually assaulted him. The school officials argued for the dismissal of the case because of the student’s failure to file a notice of claim within ninety (90) days as state law previously required. The court ruled that “in 2019, the Legislature overhauled (state child protections laws) … allow(ing) survivors of child sexual abuse to file a claim any time before reaching the age of fifty-five, or seven years after discovering the harm, whichever is later.” Therefore, “the plain meaning of the relevant statutes dictates that child sexual abuse survivors …need not file a (notice of claim within ninety (90) days) before filing suit.” W.S. v. Hildreth
— In Arkansas, bipartisan legislation is looking to give more resources to teen parents in school to help them graduate. “The Parenting and Pregnant Students Act,” gives expecting parents, or current ones, additional excused absences from school, “to take care of issues like a sick kid, a doctor’s appointment or a court date.” It revises current law that says that after 10 days of absences a student is considered truant.
— In Louisiana, school resource officers in Iberville Parish are being supplied with bulletproof shields, donated from the Dow Chemical company. “These shields will sustain impact from a .308, all pistol rounds and especially AR-15 .223 rounds.”
— In Pennsylvania, the Penns Valley Area School District are deploying police on it campuses after a district-wide survey of the community revealed that a majority of the citizens prefer the officers in the schools and did not mind being taxed to pay for school safety.