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The Chicago Police Department would receive $13 million annually in compensation for the 152 full-time police officers currently assigned to the Chicago Public School District’s 106 high schools, under an agreement introduced by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Despite major cutbacks throughout the state’s education system, $25 million has been set aside for school security improvements, according to KMOV.

A San Antonio dog training firm is providing trained dogs free of charge to help improve safety in local school districts, according to KENS 5.

Known for its music scene and for being proud to be “weird,” Austin is more than just the capital city of Texas. It’s also home to the 38th largest school system in the United States. Encompassing 230-square miles, Austin Independent School District has 86,000 students and more than 11,000 employees across 124 campuses.

The Painesville School District needed to integrate a secure ID system that could meet the culturally diverse, lower-income needs of its 2,800 students and 400 faculty members.

Napco Security Technologies’ School Security/S.A.V.I. White Paper brings together findings from a variety of general and school security experts from across the U.S. in an objective way, devoid of brands and sales pitches.

From 1971-2012, there have been more than 120 school shootings, and 279 people have lost their lives in those shootings, including students, administrators, teachers and staff. K-12 schools accounted for 82 of those school shootings.

The Florida House of Representatives approved a bill that would let teachers carry guns at school.

Indiana lawmakers approved a controversial bill to allow guns in parked cars on school property.

A proposal seeking to prevent school systems from collecting students' biometric data has won the support of the Florida Senate.