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…
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School Safety Law News for 5/25/12
A student was disciplined for a “death list,” in which he named people who would die by driving off Mount Rushmore and by being run over by a moose. He called it a joke between classmates, but Massachusetts educators suspended…
School Safety Law News for 4/30/12
A Texas student was arrested after rumors spread that he had a gun in his waistband, even though police found no weapon on him. The student refused to cooperate when questioned, and now faces a misdemeanor charge and a third…
School Safety Law News for 4/19/12
Every fifth grade student gets a Droid Incredible phone. That is the new policy in Katy, Texas, where educators are counting on a simple approach to control student cell phone use: the phones can access the campus WiFi network, but…