Articles Tagged with ''school security''

Some Georgia school leaders are turning down a new option of arming teachers, arguing that it doesn't make kids any safer.

 Arizona legislators have approved spending $12 million to place 118 school resource officers (SROs) in 32 districts statewide.  

While large-scale and dramatic acts of school violence have drawn a public focus to safety concerns in U.S. schools, violent deaths at school remain statistically rare, says a government report.

Chance Jackson and Brandon Kent, two victims of a school shooting in Martinsville, Indiana, can sue the Metropolitan School District of Martinsville for not doing enough to prevent the March 25, 2011, shooting.

Law enforcement authorities in Waseca, Minnesota, say they have thwarted a 17-year-old’s plan to kill his family, start a diversionary fire, set off bombs at an area school during lunch, kill the resource officer on campus and then shoot students.

The Florida House of Representatives approved a bill that would let teachers carry guns at school.

Indiana lawmakers approved a controversial bill to allow guns in parked cars on school property.

A proposal seeking to prevent school systems from collecting students' biometric data has won the support of the Florida Senate.