Indiana ACLU filed a lawsuit against the Griffith Public Schools claiming it violated the teenagers’ First Amendment Rights when it expelled the girls for the comments made on Facebook. As educators increasingly grapple with legal-but-dangerous synthetic marijuana use, a Florida school board…
Tag: school safety
School Safety Law News for 4/25/12
Educators in Gaylord, Michigan explain what their safety procedures are and why they have made no security changes since the recent Chardon shooting. Michigan Crime Stoppers wants to make it safe for students to give tips to educators, because students…
School Safety Law News for 4/24/12
After a high school student was arrested for an online threat, parents want to know if the student is back in school. The board of education chair, citing privacy law concerns, referred the question to the district attorney. In a…
School Safety Law News for 4/16/12
A Maryland high school principal is trying to balance student protests—which call for smaller class sizes, higher teacher wages, increased student involvement in education policymaking, and more—with the need to provide campus safety. Cyberbullying is now illegal in Erie County,…
School Safety Law News for 4/13/12
One student’s comment about a classmate — “he’d be the type to bring a gun to school” — morphed via social media into rumors of an actual threat. A police investigation cleared the suspect, but both students and parents are…