In an effort to enhance school safety and security, Irwin County Schools will implement a new bookbag policy requiring all students to use clear plastic, vinyl, or mesh book bags starting August 1, ...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will vote Tuesday on selling 46,000 clear book bags, which the district spent $442,000 to buy, at a surplus property auction.

Almost 46,000 clear backpacks that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bought but decided not to use went up for auction Friday. Starting bid is $50,000.

Also on display were the contents of their book bags: Over spring break, the school established a rule that students wear clear plastic backpacks instead of conventional ones. Home BTV+ Market ...

Peoria Public Schools has approved a new plan that would require students at the middle school level and above to have a ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Those heading to games at some Central Texas schools will have to put their stuff in clear plastic bags in order to cheer on the athletes. Austin Independent School District ...

In a post to the district’s website, the school system said visitors will only be allowed to bring in bags that are clear plastic, vinyl or PVC and cannot exceed 12-inch by 6-inch by 12-inch in ...

Clear book bags will be required for all Orangeburg County School District students from Kindergarten through 12th grade next year. There's also a clear or no bag policy at all sporting events ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- With the plastic bag ban in effect Sunday, there may actually be a renewed interest in the brown paper bag -- once used for covering school books, as most Gen Xers may recall.

Students without clear bags have been told to carry their items without a bag. Elementary school pupils have been given an extended deadline for this requirement, with the change required by Dec. 3.

Clear plastic, vinyl or PVC bags will be accepted and they cannot exceed 12" x 12" x 6", the school district says. Other acceptable containers include one-gallon clear plastic bags, a purse or ...