Can't Texas secede already? It's giving the US a bad name abroad:

The US schools with their own police | World news | The Guardian

"Students are also regularly fined for "disorderly behaviour", which includes playground scraps not serious enough to warrant an assault charge or for swearing or an offensive gesture. One teenage student was arrested and sent to court in Houston after he and his girlfriend poured milk on each other after they broke up."

"Schoolchildren with outstanding fines are regularly jailed in an adult prison for non-payment once they turn 17."