— In Colorado, the Colorado Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court which held that a school administrator’s search of the backpack of a student in response to a tip from Colorado’s Safe2Tell program was illegal. “Through Colorado’s…
Tag: California
Safety Law News for February 20, 2026
— In California, the United States District Court, declared the use of “surveillance equipment capable of recording video or audio in or near school restrooms” to be a violation of students’ reasonable expectation of privacy. The educators, in a tuition-free…
Safety Law News for December 3, 2025
— In Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that the juvenile court has the authority to divert juvenile cases involving weapons possession on campus to a program in order to “avoid attaching to juveniles the stigma of a…
Safety Law News for November 7, 2025
— In Indiana, the Court of Appeals of Indiana reversed the conviction of a person who sent a Snapchat direct message “now that I’ve showered and washed my sins away I can go and shoot up a preschool.” The prosecution…
Safety Law News for September 26, 2025
— In California, the United States District Court ruled that a special needs student could not assert a Fourth Amendment claim for “the warrantless search and seizure of the information” shared with police when he was arrested on campus. The…
Safety Law News for September 19, 2025
— In Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, affirmed the denial of immunity for educators in a case involving a student-on-student assault. The lawsuit arose out of an incident in which “three minor students (two male, one female) …were enrolled…
Safety Law News for August 7, 2025
— In Texas, the Court of Appeals of Texas affirmed a lower court ruling that did not allow a school district to terminate a teacher for use of force in the classroom toward a student. The incident out of which…
Safety Law News for June 16, 2025
— In California, the California Court of Appeal affirmed a jury award for $1 million in damages to a student who – the jury found – was injured when the school “negligently failed to protect her from other students’ bullying.” …
Safety Law News for May 14, 2025
— In Michigan, the United States District Court upheld the validity of the use of force by a school resource officer in response to a violent outburst in class by an eighteen-year-old special needs student. The student filed suit claiming…
Safety Law News for February 21, 2025
— In California, the California Court of Appeal affirmed the dismissal of a claim asserted by a student who was injured when a teacher fell on the student while breaking up a fight in which the student was involved. The…