At a recent meeting, the School Safety and Security Committee dedicated $4.8 million in state funding to support the development and launch of a new school safety and security training program for school employees and school safety and security coordinators. The school employee training will include an hour-long focus training on emergency training drills, including fire, natural disaster, active shooter, hostage situations and bomb threats, and the identification or recognition of student behavior that may indicate a threat the safety of that student, other students, school employees, other individuals, schools or the community.

The school safety coordinator training will include these topics as well as more in-depth training on emergency preparedness, physical security assessments and securing facilities and coordination and communication with law enforcement and emergency personnel.