A 15-year-old boy may need reconstructive plastic surgery after being attacked at school. His father says that educators knew of other fights in which this student had to defend himself. The principal says that educators would have acted if the…
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Safety Law News for 7/24/12
After two student suicides, Florida educators say that they stop bullying in its earliest stages, while families suggest that the schools are actually rife with peer-on-peer harassment. A 17-year-old student says in a formal letter that the day before canine drug…
Safety Law News for 7/6/12
A Connecticut school district is weighing whether to have drug dogs sniff individual students. Most districts only permit canine searches of objects, a policy that the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education endorses. Massachusetts educators adopted—and then quickly abandoned—voluntary student…
Safety Law News for 6/26/12
The Illinois Senate approved legislation that would permit police to share juvenile information with educators, when students are violent outside of school and are believed to pose an immediate threat to others. As Tampa educators and SROs win student trust,…
Safety Law News for 6/22/12
A federal judge held that a Georgia school was not responsible for a student’s suicide when he hanged himself. The court found that, even though educators could have done more to prevent bullying against the student, they did respond to…
School Safety Law News for 6/18/12
A high school freshman in New York was suspended for her anti-bullying class projects: a YouTube video and a Facebook page featuring a fictitious bullying victim, who commits suicide. Educators allegedly said that the student’s actions could lead to jail…
Safety Law News 6/12/12
After an eight-year-old special needs student was handcuffed, Las Vegas educators are moving to amend a policy that permits campus police to handcuff students. The student has repeatedly tried to injure people around him. Wyoming students have a new motivation…
Safety Law News for 6/6/12
Two Florida youth used a stolen two-way radio to report a high school shooting — causing police to comb the school for the alleged shooter. The teenagers have been arrested for making a false report. An Iowa middle school student…
Safety Law News for 6/1/12
Connecticut educators discuss how to define bullying, even as they acknowledge the perception that, “Anything that happens, it all becomes bullying.” They note the need to distinguish bullying, civil rights violations, and criminal actions. In addition, a video provides details…
School Safety Law News for 5/31/12
San Antonio schools will track students with chips embedded in ID cards, which only work on buses and on campus, in an effort to increase attendance funding. Student privacy is a concern, while one board trustee says that she does not want…