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In the wake of the shooting at Oxford High School, the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) analyzed data showing an increase in school violence.
Earlier this year, the San Jose Unified School District trustees voted to end the district's school resource officer (SRO) program without a plan for campus security going forward.
With reduced in-person attendance through the remainder of this school year, the Chicago Public Schools' Chief of Security Jadine Chou said that full-time uniformed Chicago police officers is "not necessary."
New bill introduced in Vermont would prohibit school districts from contracting law-enforcement to be regular, in-person school resource officers if passed.
Chicago Public Schools announced that 84.2% of students at district schools attended remote learning classes on the first day of class last week, an almost 10% decline from last year.
The Indiana Secured School Board has approved more than $19 million in matching state grant funds. The $19.4 million in awards allows the Board to fully fund all eligible, top-priority projects identified by 418 schools in their applications to the Secured School Safety Grant program (SSSG). In addition, the Board fully funded all school threat assessment projects, as well as eligible projects geared toward implementing health and wellness support services for parents and students.
A new committee will report back to the Madison, Wis. School Board about how to handle safety, security and disproportionality in discipline after the board voted to remove school resource officers (SROs), says a news report.
The Minneapolis, Minn. Board of Education is "quietly" hiring "public safety support specialists" (PSSS) after the Board unanimously voted in June to cancel its contract with the Minneapolis Police Department in response to the killing of George Floyd.
Forney, Texas Independent School District (ISD) appointed Joseph Sanders as the Director of Safety and Security - another step toward creating an in-house police department.
