In-school suspensions are replacing other forms of discipline in a Louisiana school district, as educators say that home is often the source of students’ problems. Local police question whether the discipline is strict enough. A Maryland student said he would…
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Safety Law News for 10/2/12
“Thank you, Officer Karney, for saving my son’s life”: a mother writes to the SRO whom her son tried to shoot. Her son is now serving a six year sentence for attempted murder. When North Carolina passed its new law…
Safety Law News for 9/28/12
An undercover police officer, who spent nearly two years as a “student” at a Houston high school, talks about the drug culture. Elementary students in Arkansas are undergoing training to become young emergency responders in the event of a crisis.…
Safety Law News for 9/7/12
Missouri educators respond to fight videos posted online by their students. A lawsuit against Birmingham Police Department, for using pepper spray in schools, is now a class action lawsuit. The Ohio teenager who was charged with inducing panic, because of…
Safety Law News for 8/27/12
• New Jersey school districts look to local law enforcement and ALICE philosophy to react to crisis events. • Georgia school on lock-down after student shoots self in school bathroom in suicide attempt. • County school district in Georgia opens…
Safety Law News for 8/1/12
A kindergarten teacher ordered twenty-four students to line up and hit a six-year-old boy, who was also one of her students. She said he was a bully and needed to learn a lesson, but she is now on paid administrative…
Safety Law News for 6/4/12
The Atlantic asks: Do Cell Phones Belong in the Classroom? A new FCC condition on federal technology funds — combined with a new anti-cyberbullying law in Ohio — mean that educators face new imperatives in teaching students about social media…
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…
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…