— In Wisconsin, the teachers union for the Madison Metropolitan School District is calling for school resource officers to be removed from schools. The union released a statement that represents “a shift in our previous position regarding SROs.” The new emphasis is on providing schools with counselors, psychologists, social workers, nurses and mental health specialists.
— In Oregon, public school officials are planning to revise the resources dedicated to school safety. The theme is to move away from deploying police officers to campuses.
— In Colorado, the school board for the Denver Public Schools has announced that they have the votes to approve a new school safety policy that emphasizes mental health supports, restorative justice school discipline, and counselors. The new policy will mean the termination of the contract between the Denver Police Department and the school district.
— In Illinois, Mayor Lori Lightfoot is resisting public demands for removing Chicago police officers from the public schools. The mayor says she has no plans to remove the police because “we need security in our schools…[and] we spent a lot of time a year ago working through the challenges that we have seen with police officers in schools.”