- In South Carolina, state lawmakers and educators are considering mandatory School Resource Officer training.
- In Wyoming, the Teton County School District, is partnering with PublicSchoolWORKS to use its’ EmployeeSafe and StudentWatch management systems to report and track both positive and negative student behaviors.
- In California, the Bear Valley Unified School District released a student survey that indicates that the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Program is working to improve the school climate. In 2010, for example, 47 percent of students said they felt safe or very safe at school. By 2014 that number had risen to 67 percent.
- In New York City, school officials reported an increase in weapons in city schools. 462 weapons were confiscated in and around campus in a four-month period.