Tag: New Hampshire

Safety Law News for May 9, 2024

— In North Carolina, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina affirmed the juvenile adjudication of a student  for “Communicating a Threat to Commit Mass Violence on Educational Property” in violation of state law.  The student argued that “there was…

Safety Law News for November 30, 2023

— In New Hampshire, the United States Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a student-on-student harassment case, ruling that “measures in response to high school student’s report of student−on−student sexual harassment did not evince deliberate indifference.”  The case arose…

Safety Law News for March 26, 2021

— In Missouri, the Missouri Court of Appeals refused to grant immunity to school teachers and nurses in a lawsuit brought by parents of a special needs child who died as a result of obstruction of her tracheostomy.  The court…

Safety Law News for June 17, 2019

• In Oregon, schools are battling a growing trend of teens using vapor-based tobacco products, or “vaping” on campuses.  Vaping has become so commonplace among teens; Oregon students and teachers say it happens on campuses and right in the classroom.…

Safety Law News for October 4, 2017

In Florida, local educators and Apopka Police Department are presenting a new elementary school program to help students make positive decisions. It’s called MAGIC – an acronym for Mentoring, Advising, Guiding and Instructing Children. In South Carolina, Charleston County School…

Safety Law News for August 4, 2016

In New Hampshire, a new drug prevention curriculum is coming to Rochester schools in an effort to teach kids at a younger age. The LEAD program (Law Enforcement Against Drugs) will replace the DARE program. In Virginia, the Attorney General…

Safety Law News for September 22, 2015

In California, the Court of Appeal ruled that school officials have the authority to ask a school resource officer to search a student based upon reasonable suspicion. In the case a combination of facts created reasonable suspicion, including the student…

Safety Law News for 3/22/13

• The Phoenix, Arizona mayor introduces a school safety program that would add additional SROs at a cost of less than 50 percent of the traditional school resource officer, and would maintain the same duties. • The Snohomish County, Washington…

Safety Law News for 2/11/13

Epping, New Hampshire voters overrule local leaders and vote to reinstate the school resource officer. Its three schools have been without a resource officer for about 10 years.  The Delores County Colorado school board voted to have its high school…