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School disturbance laws started to become integral to school discipline in the 1990s, in response to rising fears of school violence, high-profile shootings in schools (such as the Columbine High School massacre), and passage of "zero-tolerance laws" such as the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994, following which many more police were installed in ...
A zero-tolerance policy in schools is a policy of strict enforcement of school rules against behaviors or the possession of items deemed undesirable. In schools, common zero-tolerance policies concern physical altercations, as well as the possession or use of illicit drugs or weapons. Students, and sometimes staff, parents, and other visitors ...
Florida school board members will term out after eight years. ... Historically, school board races have been nonpartisan, as local property taxes fund public schools. But ahead of the 2022 ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — About a dozen parents and supporters gathered outside Orange County Public Schools’ downtown headquarters to announce the start of Parenting with Pride, a new program launched ...
The summer holiday provided a welcome break for students, educators and families worn out from the political pingpong over Florida’s public schools. But with classes returning Thursday in ...
An act relating to parental rights in education; amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; requiring district school boards to adopt procedures that comport with certain provisions of law for notifying a student's parent of specified information; requiring such procedures to reinforce the fundamental right of parents to make decisions regarding the upbringing and control of their children in a specified ...
A state commission created to address school-safety issues after the 2018 mass shooting at a Parkland high school is targeting inconsistencies in the ways schools assess threats, conduct active ...
The Florida Senate Bill 7026 or the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act is a Florida bill to tighten gun control, school security and school safety. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The bill bans bump stocks and raises the minimum age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21, and enacts red flag laws among other restrictions. [ 2 ]