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Chris McCarty, a shareholder in our Knoxville office, practices in the areas of employment law, education law and civil litigation. Mr. McCarty handles matters before state and federal courts throughout Tennessee, and has argued before the Tennessee Court of Appeals. Mr. McCarty also presents on employment and education law topics. His articles on those topics have been seen in numerous publications, including HR Magazine, the Tennessee Bar Journal and the Knoxville Business Journal. Mr. McCarty is approved as a member of the American Arbitration Association’s (AAA) Panel of Employment Arbitrators.
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The Troubling Legal Gap in Schools’ Ability to Prevent Mass Shootings
By failing to provide flexibility for schools faced with threats from students with possible mental health issues, federal regulators often force school administrators into being reactive rather than proactive during times of crisis.Because mental health and special education are touched upon, presenters and scholars shy away from candid discussions about the unintended consequences of regulations which were originally aimed at protecting certain students. We need to continue providing help to special needs students, while also using common sense to prioritize safety when credible threats are made by those very same students.
As a school attorney who spends hours each day advising administrators, I deal with threats made by students – especially online – multiple times per week. And, if those students have a 504 Plan or an IEP, conference attendees would be shocked to learn just how few options are provided under federal law for those same administrators to proactively address such threats.