The gun laws, which went into effect just hours after a shooting left five dead in Midland and Odessa, further loosen gun restrictions.
- By Sherelle Black
- September 05, 2019
A new law allows school districts to install cameras on buses to catch drivers who do not stop when buses have red stop lights flashing.
- By Sherelle Black
- September 05, 2019
For the last two years, Texas officials have worked together to come up with ways to improve school safety. Legislators made upgrades to the state’s school safety framework and provided funding to ensure all school safety requirements can be effectively implemented.
- By Sherelle Black
- August 29, 2019
These days YouTube is a way of living for some families. But are families going too far by recording a school campus and its students for a YouTube video?
- By Sherelle Black
- August 29, 2019
Florida lawmakers believe monitoring students' social media will help to prevent mass school shootings and other threats.
- By Sherelle Black
- August 28, 2019
Expelled students typically return to their original schools within 80 days according to Ohio law. How should administrators, parents and students handle the returned students?
- By Haley Samsel
- August 27, 2019
A Tennessee district uses the program Gaggle to track and identify suicide and violence threats in communications on the school system.
- By Amanda Smiley
- August 26, 2019
The center aims to increase the use of an anonymous tipline, review school emergency management plans and host an annual safety summit, among other priorities.
- By Haley Samsel
- August 23, 2019
The plan was approved by the Sacramento school board last week after community members asked for more mental health resources and fewer police in schools.
- By Haley Samsel
- August 21, 2019
Senate Bill 621 was clarified in early July, but one of the unintended consequences that came with it was the restriction of arrest powers for both officers who are directly employed by schools and officers who work through third-party vendors.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- August 16, 2019