Credible‑threat standard protects students

When schools must report only threats that are 'credible' — reasonably expected to be carried out — fewer normal adolescent mistakes, jokes, or disability‑related behaviors are routed into criminal prosecution. Tightening the reporting threshold shifts discretion back to educators and reduces traumatic police entanglement for vulnerable students. — This reframing matters because it shows a viable legislative fix to the problem of school‑to‑prison pipelines and could be adopted elsewhere to curb unnecessary criminalization of children.