— In Colorado, the Colorado Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court which held that a school administrator’s search of the backpack of a student in response to a tip from Colorado’s Safe2Tell program was illegal. “Through Colorado’s Safe2Tell program, (the) Assistant Principal … received an anonymous tip that described a student named “T.J.” smoking marijuana in a teacher’s sixth period biology class at approximately 12:30 p.m. (The administrator) searched T.J.W.’s backpack and found a marijuana vape pen. (The student was charged) with marijuana possession. (The student) filed a motion to suppress evidence of the marijuana vape pen, which the district court granted, finding that (the) search was illegal under the Fourth Amendment.” The Colorado Supreme Court reversed the ruling, upholding the search. The main issue of the appeal was “whether (the administrator), in light of the Safe2Tell tip and his own investigation, had reasonable suspicion to search (the student’s) backpack. Applying the rule of law from the case of New Jersey v. T.L.O., the appellate court held that “a school search is only reasonable if it is (1) “justified at its inception,” and (2) “reasonably related in scope to the circumstances which justified the interference in the first place.”” As to the Safe2Tell tip, the appellate court held that “the information in the tip here was fresh, as (the administrator) received it only forty-five minutes after the alleged events occurred.” As to the response by the school administrator, the court ruled that “any kind of corroboration of the information in the tip, whether of criminal conduct or otherwise, can bolster the reliability of an anonymous tip because it allows (the administrator) to confirm a tipster’s basis of knowledge and veracity.” Therefore, “the search of (the student’s) backpack was “justified at its inception” because the anonymous Safe2Tell tip, combined with (the administrator’s) independent corroboration, supported a finding of reasonable suspicion.” “To reiterate, the Safe2Tell report at issue here was fresh, received only forty-five minutes after the alleged events, and provided detailed information into the suspect’s identity and whereabouts during the time of the alleged criminal activity, much of which (the administrator) corroborated before he conducted the search.” People In Int. of T.J.W.
— In Pennsylvania, private schools across the state are receiving grants for school safety. “The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency recently approved the 2025-26 Targeted School Safety Grants for Nonpublic Schools.” Policy makers say that “the program allows schools to address school violence, bolster security, and support student mental health.”
— In Florida, “the Florida Department of Education is directing school districts to add artificial intelligence use to their internet safety policies.” “The rule development workshop will be held June 22.”
— In California, “a majority of Pajaro Middle School teachers say they have no confidence in (the) Principal,,.. alleging she failed to keep the school safe by not following safety and disciplinary protocols.” “Staff had grown increasingly concerned with a lack of a safe learning environment for students where there weren’t appropriate consequences for things like fights on campus.” “Instead just solely relying on things like community circles or restorative practices without following through on actual discipline.”