Oregon will allow students to take "mental health days" just as they would sick days, expanding the reasons for excused school absences to include mental or behavioral health.
Online bullying is becoming more prevalent among middle and high school students, “even as overall rates of bullying in schools have remained steady,” says a new federal report.
The National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) presented its Floyd Ledbetter National School Resource Officer of the Year Award to Officer Lorenzo Beltran of the Ceres Police Department, Ceres, Calif. and Officer Richard Parenti of the Scituate Police Department, Scituate, R.I.
Representative Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Representative Roger Williams (TX-25) introduced the School Violence Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2019, a bill that establishes federal grant programs for public schools to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities.