- In Michigan, Detroit cannot keep its schoolchildren: Each day an estimated 25,000 school-age children go to school outside the city. Safety is one of the reasons parents are pulling their children from Detroit schools.
- In Amherst, New York, school officials have installed an upgrade to the district video system. Now local police have access to school video surveillance.
- In Florida, the House of Representatives wants to require students to wear uniforms—a move they say could help improve school safety. Legislation was passed by a 102-8 vote to pay school districts that implement the uniform policy.
- The Connecticut legislature is considering SB 1108, the “Zero-Tolerance Safe School Environment Act.” Under the proposed law existing penalties for threats made against schools would be increased from misdemeanor to felony in all cases.