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Designed to help stakeholders better understand the policy environment surrounding current school discipline practices in our country. This compendium provides information on school discipline laws and administrative regulations for the United States, including the 50 States, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico.
Like many parents on May 24, Kelly Goldmann, whose three children attend Wauwatosa Schools, watched in horror as the news unfolded about the violent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers and wounded 17 others.
After seeing other parents experience her worst fear that day she knew she had to do something.
When searching for solutions to help students experiencing mental health crises, the Cherry Creek School District in Colorado decided to build their own daytime behavioral health facility with three levels of care.
Tammy Smith-Hinchey, Nurse Coordinator with the St. Joseph School District (SJSD) in Missouri, wants to see the district educate students and families on coping mechanisms for opioid use, and focus on providing mental healthcare in the schools and community.
Following a shooting at East High School in Denver, CO, community leaders offer solutions to keep students safe and protect emotional wellness by increasing mental health supports.
Hundreds of teachers and students gathered at the Colorado State Capitol to express their concerns about gun safety, to focus on mental health, and to call for state legislators to prioritize gun violence prevention bills.
University of Wisconsin−Madison faculty members and partners in the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) will use a $6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand culturally responsive mental health services in Madison schools, by recruiting and training 24 new school psychology graduate students from diverse backgrounds over the next five years.
Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightfoot is leading efforts to push the Illinois State Board of Education to create a children's adversity index to measure the exposure to trauma being experienced by students, which will help inform local decision-making and enable stakeholders to engage with local and state leaders around resource allocations and programming.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is keeping its Office of School Safety (OSS) open by reallocating $1,340,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds, but the funding is only temporary.
The School Safety Initiative, led by the FBI, is a proactive effort to prevent school tragedies by sharing research with schools and creating threat assessment teams comprised of school counselors, staff, and school resource officers.