The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a Pender County school principal sued after a student injured a teacher at the school. Appellate judges agreed the principal had legal immunity in the case. The decision announced Friday reversed a trial court ruling.
A massive school safety bill is nearing a final vote after unanimously passing the N.C. House on Tuesday, July 23. Senate Bill 5 has been through a lot of edits and back-and-forth discussions, but now all it needs is a vote of concurrence from the Senate before it goes Gov. Roy Cooper for his signature. ...
Students play a critical role in helping keep schools safe, State Superintendent Mark Johnson said during a May 30 news conference announcing a partnership with Sandy Hook Promise to deliver a statewide anonymous mobile tip line. Starting with the 2019-20 school year, all North Carolina public middle and high schools will be able to use...
The House on Monday, April 29, unveiled a $14 billion education budget for fiscal 2019-20. The budget not only includes dollar amounts for various education programs and raises for educators, but also several policy changes. The House budget overall appropriates $23.9 billion through the state’s General Fund, slightly less than the $24 billion cap agreed...
A requirement for every North Carolina public school student to learn about civic responsibility is one step closer to becoming law after an education committee approved the bill. House Bill 73, the civic responsibility education requirement bill, was one of two school safety bills to get the stamp of approval from the House K-12 Education...
After months of meeting across the state, the House Select Committee on School Safety met for the final time Thursday to approve another round of recommendations to make schools safer. The school safety committee was formed in the wake of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which left...
Hoke County High School in Raeford caught a glimpse of what an active shooter situation might look like during a Monday drill. It was an opportunity for school officials and the local police department to test out the Rave Panic Button app. Rave Mobile Safety designed the app five years ago as a way to...
Discussions around the revised 2018-19 budget have often focused on K-12 education spending. Teacher and principal pay, as well as school safety, have been hot topics in those discussions. The budget has made some happy, with Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina praising lawmakers for prioritizing education. “While there is always more work to...
CARY — Panelists at a Juvenile Justice Workshop say school resource officers are valuable in protecting students and faculty, but more rigorous and realistic training is needed. The panel was part of an all-day symposium featuring discussions on the juvenile justice system, student mental health, and school-based intervention strategies. North Carolina’s judicial branch and the...
“Hurt people hurt people.” That’s how one middle school principal summed up the origins of bullying for me. My interview with her was one of many I conducted, years ago, for a parenting book I wrote — yet her concise description of why kids bully has always stayed with me. It makes even more sense...
The need to train school resource officers more intensively was a recurring theme during a meeting of the Student Physical Safety and Security working group. The group is one of two offshoots of the House Select Committee on School Safety. While the other working group focuses on mental health, the meeting Tuesday, April 17, looked...
