The Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) members have been developing a school security assessment tool and a set of school security guidelines to be revealed at ISC West this month. The living document will provide specific recommendations (especially regarding the use of electronic security equipment) divided into “layers” (parking lots, main entrances, classrooms, etc.) and then again into tiers (depending on the level of resources a given school has available).
THIRTY-FOUR PERCENT of students say they are aware of an individual who poses a risk to their school, according to Awareity’s 2014 Student Safety Report.
The Florida House of Representatives K-12 Education Subcommittee approved a bill that will allow teachers to be armed, possibly becoming the tenth state to formally enact such a law.
Families of children killed at the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut have filed lawsuits against the estate of the shooter's mother.
Thirty-four percent of students say they are aware of an individual who poses a risk to their school, according to Awareity’s 2014 Student Safety Report.
Using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to spread information during campus emergencies can help keep students safer, according to new research.
Legislation that would allow school security officers to be armed with stun guns, pepper spray and similar weapons is advancing in the General Assembly.
