Month: March 2022

Kenny v. Wilson (2021): The Beginning of the End for Laws Criminalizing Student Misbehavior?

As of 2019, 31 states had laws or local ordinances that criminalized student misbehavior that occurred in or around schools. These laws often criminalize behaviors committed by students that may be socially inappropriate but fall short of criminal behavior. Moreover, the criminalized behaviors are often indistinguishable from behaviors that receive […]