Education: K-12

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The Utah State Board of Education has granted a $3 million contract to distribute artificial intelligence gun detection to Utah schools.

 The White House has announced steps for providing various resources for K-12 schools to update their cybersecurity practices and report incidents.

Appoquinimink School District in Delaware is updating its security measures by implementing AI weapons detection across its high schools.

A recent report by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) analyzed the cybersecurity priorities of education technology (EdTech) leaders. 

School shootings continue to reinforce the message that stringent security measures need to be in place to keep those in educational settings safe.

CISA and the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center have released a new resource to help K-12 schools strengthen school safety reporting programs. 

Over the weekend, President Biden published an op-ed which announced new actions the administration is taking to implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA).

As school districts grapple with the threat of mass shootings, they are also dealing with a record number of false active shooter reports in U.S.

The Church of the Immaculate Conception in Sommerville, New Jersey has hired a former police captain as its first director of security. 

Nancy Thompson has been appointed Chief Safety Officer for Toledo Public Schools. Thompson has over three decades of experience in law enforcement.