• In Maine, state officials enacted a law banning vaping or possession of an e-cigarette on school grounds, joining Montana, Oklahoma and Virginia. And in the past three years, at least 18 states have raised the legal smoking age for…
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Safety Law News for September 17, 2019
• In South Carolina, a Department of Education report shows that 1,066 guns, knives and other weapons were confiscated in statewide school districts in the 2018-2019 school year. That total is less than the previous three years. State officials believe…
Safety Law News for September 12, 2019
• In New York, the New York Commissioner of Education is implementing a new policy that is designed to prevent school resource officers from detaining or questioning students for the purpose of determining their immigration status. • In Illinois, all…
Safety Law News for July 31st, 2019
• In New York, the Governor signed a new law which prevents school districts from arming school staff who are not school resource officers, law enforcement officers, or security guards on school grounds. • In Washington D.C., New Jersey Congressman…
Safety Law News for June 19, 2019
• In Nebraska, to combat vaping, officials in the Fairbury Public School District will begin randomly testing students for nicotine. Educators noticed an alarming increase in students sneaking puffs of e-cigarettes: in locker rooms, restrooms and elsewhere on school grounds. …
Safety Law News for May 24, 2019
• In Georgia, the United States Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling that the search of a student’s cell phone without a warrant by school officials did not violate the Fourth Amendment. The lower court held that, “a…
Safety Law News for March 5, 2019
• In Florida, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office is offering to move around funds from the County budget to reduce the financial burden of the school resource officer program on the school board. Last year, the school board announced its…
Safety Law News for January 17, 2019
In Tennessee, the Carter County Sheriff’s Office will be the first law enforcement agency to use a new technology that detects when a deputy’s ballistic vest is shot or stabbed and sends an alert to the department. Every SRO has…
Safety Law News for November 27, 2018
In Delaware, the Delaware State Education Association believes the number of incidents of violence against teachers is growing. According to the National Center for Education, public school teachers reporting being physically attacked by a student in 2015–16 topped all previous…
Safety Law News for October 24 2018
In Virginia, the Fauquier County School Board voted unanimously to allow school security officers to carry guns. Virginia law allows school boards to hire armed civilian security guards as long as they are retired law-enforcement officers or have at least…