Laws

Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

A Guide to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (May, 1998). U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). A Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

HIPAA Privacy Rule: Disclosures for Emergency Preparedness - A Decision Tool. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Guidelines for schools regarding conveying personal student information to first responders providing treatment and to parents or guardians responsible for the student.

Juvenile Justice

No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

The following are portions of the NCLB Act that address violence:
- Gun-Free Schools Act (Title IV, Part A, Subpart 3, Section 4141). Each State receiving Federal funds under any title of this Act shall have in effect a State law requiring local educational agencies to expel from school for a period of not less than one year a student who is determined to have brought a firearm to a school, or to have possessed a firearm at a school, under the jurisdiction of local educational agencies in that State, except that such State law shall allow the chief administering officer of a local educational agency to modify such expulsion requirement for a student on a case-by-case basis if such modification is in writing.
- Unsafe School Choice Option (Title IX, Part E, Section 9532). Each State receiving funds under this Act shall establish and implement a statewide policy requiring that a student attending a persistently dangerous public elementary school or secondary school, as determined by the State in consultation with a representative sample of local educational agencies, or who becomes a victim of a violent criminal offense, as determined by State law, while in or on the grounds of a public elementary school or secondary school that the student attends, be allowed to attend a safe public elementary school or secondary school within the local educational agency, including a public charter school.

Jeanne Clery Act (schools must report all offenses on campus)

Reporting School Violence. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime. Overview of state laws enacted in recent years to address violence in U.S. Schools, particularly those laws concerning the collection of data and reporting of such incidents. The bulletin highlights the circumstances in which such laws are applied, emphasizing their successful implementation.
The Handbook for Campus Crime Reporting. Department of Education. Compliance with The Clery Act.

Unsafe School Choice Option (USCO)

Section 9532 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act (20 U.S.C. 7912), requires that states establish and implement a statewide policy requiring that students attending a persistently dangerous public elementary or secondary school be allowed to attend a safe public school within their local educational agency (LEA). States, in consultation with a representative sample of LEAs, establish their own definition for a persistently dangerous school.

Section 9532 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act (20 U.S.C. 7912), requires that states establish and implement a statewide policy requiring that students attending a persistently dangerous public elementary or secondary school be allowed to attend a safe public school within their local educational agency (LEA).

Other

School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007. H.R. 2352 Bill to enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education.
The Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act (CSCPA). A federal law enacted on October 28, 2000 that provides for the tracking of convicted, registered sex offenders enrolled as students at institutions of higher education, or working or volunteering on campus.