Wisconsin’s Office of School Safety oversees regional teams that respond to crises. It also gives out grants and training so districts can improve security, and staffs a 24/7 hotline to field tips about threats, bullying and mental health crises.

Schools are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars and countless hours of staff labor to process these requests from parents who are cracking down on discussions they deem inappropriate in a classroom environment.

The state's Superintendent Tom Horne wants to crack down on lessons surrounding critical race theory or emotional-support curriculum.

An Ohio superintendent, Jude Meyers, faces more than a dozen criminal charges from his time leading the Gallia County Local School District, state auditor Keith Faber announced Monday.