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 “Deb” Cheesebro has been named the new police chief at William & Mary College. 

Officials in northwest Alabama are getting ready to announce a one-of-a-kind school security program where volunteers are armed. 

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.  

With the nearest police presence eight miles away, the Wantage Township's school board has unanimously voted to hire two retired state troopers to guard the rural high school. 

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.

Under a package of school safety initiatives proposed by Ohio Governor John Kasich, state schools could see additional grant money for security upgrades and face penalties for failing to submit safety plans.

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.