The issue focused on whether police officers could legally remove items from students and teachers after school hours and carry them home with them in school bags. That led to some outrage from parents and teachers and resulted in one teacher losing her job and another losing her teaching certificate. But after state lawmakers rejected that proposal in 2010, school districts began dropping similar restrictions on student backpack bags in favor of dress codes that permit schools to refuse carrying student bags or preventing teachers from carrying student bags with them on school grounds. That meant less bags were