The legislation doesn’t outline penalties for school districts that don’t meet the armed officer requirement, Baskin said. If school districts can’t staff schools with armed peace officers because of financial or staffing constraints, the legislation allows for a school board to claim a “good cause exception.” Each school board will determine what these exceptions will...Read More
Fox40 — Sacramento resident Gledel Arthur Beacham Jr. was arrested on charges of child abuse, sexual assault, production of child porn, and kidnapping Friday by the Yuba City Police Department. Officials began investigating Beacham after they received a call about a sexual assault involving him and an underage victim he met online on May 4th....Read More
Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. Amid a bipartisan push to improve school safety and students’ mental health, Republican lawmakers have put forward a package of bills that aims to create a comprehensive “school-community mental health system” and put additional crisis...Read More
Child Safety Seat Market Size The global child safety seat market size was valued at USD 4.4 billion in 2023 and is anticipated to register a CAGR of over 4.3% between 2024 and 2032. Higher emphasis laid by parents towards turbo safety measures along with a set of restrictions create good conditions for the market...Read More
A convicted felon and registered child sexual predator was charged with voter fraud in Florida by the Attorney General. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s Office of Statewide Prosecution is charging Gerald Kight, a convicted felon and registered sexual offender, with voter fraud. Kight was charged with multiple counts of unqualified elector knowingly voting in the...Read More
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Gaming platform Roblox announced major safety upgrades Monday, introducing remote parental controls and restricting communication features for users under 13. Roblox is a popular online gaming and creation platform founded in 2004 that allows users to play, create, and share virtual experiences. Children using Roblox can choose from games and “experiences”...Read More
Diabetes Information, Therapeutic education workshop for people with diabetes. (Photo By … More BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images Seventy-seven percent of American school parents are concerned that a violent intruder could enter their child’s school. That is the most stunning of many interesting results from EdChoice’s 11th Annual...Read More
A 46-year-old man from Sarno pretended to be younger to interact online with a 10-year-old boy and has been sentenced to 4 years and 8 months in prison at the end of a summary trial held before the Gup of the Ancona Court. The man was acquitted of the charge of solicitation...Read More
The Queensland government has announced a commission of inquiry into the state’s “broken” child safety system that it says is failing children in residential care at cost of $1.12 billion. The 17-month inquiry will be led by former Federal Court judge Paul Anastassiou KC, who was deliberately chosen for his expertise outside the state, the...Read More
RICHMOND, Texas (Covering Katy News) – Nathanael Williams Stewart, II will serve 43 years in prison following his April 28 conviction for Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young Children. A Fort Bend County jury found the 31-year-old Missouri City man guilty for crimes that he committed from 2015-2017. He was sentenced in the 400th District Court...Read More
