- In North Carolina, the New Hanover County Commissioners unanimously approved a multi-agency agreement designed to reduce the number of students whose behavior problems in school lead to criminal charges. The agreement lays out a number of options for school resource officers to handle problems referred to them, based on severity and frequency.
- In Missouri, the Columbia Public Schools are working collaboratively with technology companies and civil liberties organizations to ensure student safety as the Internet and smart devices replace books.
- In Rockport Maine, school officials have cancelled the varsity football season citing safety concerns. Nearby Camden Hills school officials did so as well. In Burien, Washington, the Highline School District promises a safety review after a student died from injuries received in a football game. In Missouri, the school board in Maplewood, a St. Louis suburb, disbanded the high school’s football team for safety reasons.
- In Massachusetts, a federal court judge has ruled that a school district is not liable for student injuries sustained by bullying even though educators should have done more to protect the victim and take the incidents seriously. [Hankey v. Town of Concord-Carlisle].