A bill to allow non-law enforcement armed “guardians” to secure Kentucky schools, aimed at filling gaps where school resources officers are lacking, advanced in a House committee Tuesday. Sen. Max Wise, R-Campbellsville, characterizes Senate Bill 2 as a realistic means of boosting school security in an age of mass shootings. The goal isn’t to replace […]
A Florida bill that would allow chaplains to provide counseling services to public school students is gaining traction — and opposition — in the Legislature. The bill (SB 1044) would give schools districts and charter schools an option to use volunteer chaplains to provide counseling and other services to students. Supporters say chaplains would help […]
Feb. 5—Monday was a day of jurors’ instructions and governor’s proclamations: both related to the emotional health of students in America’s schools. In Michigan, a jury began deliberations in the first case of its kind in America. That jury was still out, as of 5:30 p.m. Monday. Jennifer Crumbley is facing a verdict on four […]
A Santa Rosa County Judge sentenced a Blackwater River Correctional Facility inmate to an additional 30 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of breaking the leg of a prison counselor. Judge Clifton Drake sentenced Terry Rawls to additional prison time, according to an Office of the State Attorney release, for aggravated battery […]
Counselors to help students, teachers after 9-year-old boy killed by school bus in Orange County State troopers are investigating after a child in Orange County was hit and killed by a school bus. Orange County Public Schools will offer grief counselors to some students and teachers. Troopers said was hit by the bus around 3:45 […]
North Carolina public schools continue to fall short on having the number of personnel needed to meet growing student mental health needs. A state report presented Wednesday shows that schools don’t meet the nationally recommended ratios of school counselors, school nurses, school psychologists and school social workers. This comes at the same time that students […]
Addictive behaviors often develop during adolescence and can lead to issues with mental and physical health. Despite these consequences, most high school counselors, who are positioned to address these issues, report a lack of formalized training in two addictive behaviors—vaping and internet gaming, according to a new study by the University of Georgia. “School counselors are aware this […]