— In Utah, the Utah Supreme Court affirmed the decision of a local prosecutor to charge a student for assaulting a teacher and a fellow student after the assailant had accepted juvenile probation and substantially complied with the probation conditions. The student “was required to perform five hours of community service and pay restitution.” She “promptly completed her community service hours, but restitution was scheduled to remain under advisement.” Then “the State filed a delinquency petition against (the student) alleging three felony offenses for the same fight: aggravated assault on the teacher resulting in substantial bodily injury with a group enhancement (a first-degree felony if committed by an adult); assault on the student resulting in substantial bodily injury with a group enhancement (a third-degree felony if committed by an adult); and riot with injury (a third-degree felony if committed by an adult).” The student sought to reverse the decision of the local prosecutor, filing “a motion to dismiss the petition.” The student argued that the prosecutor was “barred from filing a petition against her after she had accepted and substantially complied with the nonjudicial adjustment agreement.” The juvenile court denied the motion, agreeing with the prosecutor that under Utah law the student was “not eligible for a nonjudicial adjustment for felony offenses and that nothing prohibited the prosecutor from filing a petition to correct an unauthorized nonjudicial adjustment.” The Supreme Court affirmed. Its affirmance summarizes Utah law that “creates a process for referring cases to juvenile courts and determining minors’ eligibility for a nonjudicial adjustment that involves specific procedures, timelines, and criteria.” Under the state policy a prosecutor may “offer a nonjudicial adjustment so long as the referral does not involve a disqualifying offense…Disqualifying offenses include any felony offense alleged to have occurred when the minor was 12 years old or older…If the referral involves such an offense, a juvenile probation officer may not offer a minor a nonjudicial adjustment.” Therefore, “a juvenile probation officer has no authority to offer a minor a nonjudicial adjustment when the referral involves an offense that is a felony offense.” State in interest of J.M.
— In Indiana, “public schools in Hammond, Indiana, have banned metal water bottles in the classroom. School City of Hammond officials said water bottles like the ones made by Yeti or Stanley can potentially be used as weapons. Officials didn’t point to a specific incident, and said they are merely banning the bottles as a precaution.”
— In North Carolina, the Alamance-Burlington School System is working with artificial intelligence to determine whether AI “could help spot potential safety threats before someone has to go back and review security camera footage.” The prototype “is designed to look for visible weapons, smoke or fire, potential perimeter breaches, and even when someone falls and gets hurt.”
— Nationally, “Microsoft and the American Federation of Teachers have made a deal regarding safety and privacy when artificial intelligence is used in school.” In the provisions of the agreement there are “10 legal enforceable protections with one of them being Microsoft can’t use teachers’ or students’ data to improve an AI model.” The provisions also contain a safety and security exception.