Fremont County, Wyoming Board of Cooperative Education Services is providing leadership for a partnership between local agencies to improve cooperation, training, and crisis planning to improve the safety of students and security in area schools. Sequim, Washington’s four schools will…
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Safety Law News for 7/8/13
Tennessee school systems – with and without with their own resource officers – aren’t showing any interest in a new Tennessee law allowing teachers with police training to carry guns. The Maine legislature rejected a bill that would have allowed…
Safety Law News for 7/1/13
An agreement has been reached placing full-time school resource police officers in all Gurnee, Illinois schools. The “bully bucket” has been introduced in Twin Falls, Idaho schools. When a student is bullied, he or she can fill out a form…
Safety Law News for 3/22/13
• The Phoenix, Arizona mayor introduces a school safety program that would add additional SROs at a cost of less than 50 percent of the traditional school resource officer, and would maintain the same duties. • The Snohomish County, Washington…
Safety Law News for 3/6/13
The South Dakota legislature sent a bill to Gov. Dennis Daugaard that would allow school boards to place armed sentinels in their public schools as a safety measure if they choose. South Carolina policymakers debate legislation that would provide the…
Safety Law News for 2/15/13
Indiana’s 2013 school safety legislation is approved in Senate Committee. It provides funding for three things: (1) conduct threat assessments of school buildings, (2) purchase safety equipment and technology and (3) hire school resource officers. Washington State Senate approves the…
Safety Law News for 9/4/12
High schoolers say that guns and fights are normal to them, during a focus group in Washington state, and they discuss possible solutions. Extra security is posted at Florida’s Palm Beach Gardens High School, after a weekend shooting that left…
Safety Law News for 8/22/12
• Philadelphia school system adopt a new code of conduct that gives principals more flexibility in deciding how discipline is meted out to unruly students. • U.S. Attorney collaborates with Washington State educators on cyber safety. • West Virginia school…
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…
State and Federal Privacy Laws Complicate School Safety in Washington State School District
Student-privacy laws complicate schools’ ability to prevent attacksVia: The Seattle Times This story continues the myths surrounding state and federal student records privacy laws. Persistent misperceptions exist about the role of FERPA in the safe schools movement. This need not…