— 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. …
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Safety Law News for September 8, 2026
— In Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals upheld the adjudication of a student who appealed on the grounds that his speech was not a “true threat” and therefore was protected under the First Amendment. The student “was serving an…
Safety Law News for July 14, 2026
— In Illinois, the Appellate Court of Illinois ruled that a school policy to deny in-person enrollment to children “residing in a nonprofit shelter… violated their statutory right under (Illinois law) to attend public school.” The ruling, which reversed the…
Safety Law News for December 2, 2025
— In Nevada, the Nevada Supreme Court interpreted “education record” as that term is used in FERPA and Nevada privacy laws to “exclude materials informally created in the ordinary course of business that a school possesses.” The case arose out…
Safety Law News for November 6, 2025
— In Mississippi, the Supreme Court of Mississippi, affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the family “of a school resource officer, who was struck and killed by a vehicle while directing traffic in course of his employment.” The…
Safety Law News for October 21, 2025
— In Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania affirmed the denial of immunity to school officials for the failure to maintain a safe learning environment. The case arose from a sexual assault on campus that occurred during an after-school program…
Safety Law News for October 14, 2025
— In North Carolina, the North Carolina Court of Appeals denied immunity to school officials arising out of the sexual assault of a student who participated in an after-school program by an outside organization that rented the school facility. The…
Safety Law News for July 11, 2025
— In Georgia, the United States Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a case in favor of school resource officers who intervened in a school incident with physicality. The school resource officers came upon a “commotion and moved to…
Safety Law News for May 20, 2025
— In North Carolina, the United States District Court refused to dismiss a case involving allegations that school officials “took no action” after receiving notice of bullying and sexual abuse by a student. The case arose “from student-on-student sexual abuse…
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…