There’s been no real reduction in the number of U.S. school shootings despite increased security put in place after the rampage at a Connecticut elementary school in December 2012 left 20 children and six educators dead. An Associated Press analysis …
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin endorsed a proposal that would enable voters to weigh in on efforts to improve school safety and grant school districts a one-time increase in local bond limits to pay for storm shelters, safe rooms or other …
Asheville City Council has approved an ordinance to allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry guns at city playgrounds. The move brings Asheville’s ordinances into compliance with a new North Carolina law. Council member Jan Davis said it was …
Under a plan being discussed by a northeast Georgia school district, Colt 6920 M4 carbine rifles would be stored in safes inside schools to defend students in a school shooting. The weapons — one for each school — would be …
Michigan laws meant to improve safety at schools are routinely ignored and state officials don’t know the scope of the problem, according to the results of a two-month investigation published March 11. Disaster drills aren’t being done, or are not …
A lawsuit filed by New Jersey officials against an insurance company will not affect payment of a settlement to the families of three college-bound friends who were murdered in a Newark schoolyard in 2007. The Star-Ledger of Newark reports the …
Arkansas Senator Missy Irvin of Mountain View announced she is drafting legislation to better prepare students and faculty in Arkansas for incidents of deadly school violence. Irvin said a goal of her legislation would be for schools to be able …
Des Moines, Iowa-based EMC Insurance Companies is partnering with SafeSchools to create safer learning environments for its insured schools. Schools insured by EMC will now have complimentary access to SafeSchools Training, a web-based safety training and compliance management system specifically …
Gov. Jack Markell is signing legislation aimed at making Delaware’s schools safer. A bill to be signed into law on Monday creates a statewide framework for comprehensive school safety plans known as the Omnibus School Safety Act. The act requires …
Relatives of two teachers shot and killed during a faculty meeting last year at the University of Alabama in Huntsville have filed lawsuits claiming school administrators’ failure to follow safety rules contributed to the mass slaying. The lawsuits, filed in …
