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Jones, Wehmah; Sable, Jennifer; Li, Jiayi – National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments, 2023
The federal Gun-Free Schools Act (GFSA) enacted in1994 requires U.S. public school systems to report any incident of a student bringing a firearm to school or being in possession of a firearm on school property, the law applies to all states and jurisdictions funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. Under federal…
Descriptors: Weapons, Educational Legislation, Expulsion, School Safety
Stuart-Cassel, Victoria; Nuñez, Brissa; Chung, Youjin – National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments, 2021
The federal Gun-Free Schools Act (GFSA) was introduced into law as part of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994. The federal law requires states funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 to have a state law in effect that requires local education agencies (LEAs) to expel students for firearm offenses for a…
Descriptors: Weapons, Educational Legislation, Expulsion, School Safety
Stuart-Cassel, Victoria; Nuñez, Brissa; Chung, Youjin – National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments, 2022
The federal Gun-Free Schools Act (GFSA) enacted in1994 requires U.S. public school systems to report any incident of a student bringing a firearm to school or being in possession of a firearm on school property, the law applies to all states and jurisdictions funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. Under federal…
Descriptors: Weapons, Educational Legislation, Expulsion, School Safety
Wauchope, Barbara – Carsey Institute, 2009
A new analysis of student discipline in New Hampshire schools in the 2007-2008 school year shows that out-of-school suspension rates are higher and statewide expulsion rates are lower than the national average. Schools reporting the highest rates of suspensions and expulsions are the smallest in the state and have the highest percentage of…
Descriptors: Expulsion, Suspension, Discipline, Trend Analysis
Bowman, Darcia Harris – Education Week, 2004
Despite all its efforts to crack down on the bomb scares that disrupted classes again and again in 2003, North Carolina's Orange County district fell victim to yet another false alarm this school year, 2004. For some schools, bomb threats have become more routine than fire drills, with each incident ringing up multi-thousand-dollar tabs for…
Descriptors: Weapons, Emergency Programs, Terrorism, School Security