The fourth edition of the guidelines is completely revised and greatly expanded to now cover best practices on a district-wide level that relate to safety and security and additional areas such as school transportation, cybersecurity and network infrastructure, architectural features and emergency communications.

The goal of schools and education, in general, is to foster an environment that promotes learning and development for students.

A new program in Alabama would enable administrators of schools without an SRO or security officer to keep a firearm in a secured safe on campus for use during an active shooter event.

The Secret Service is releasing new guidelines on enhancing school safety, based on research from the National Threat Assessment Center.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice has awarded grants to close to 300 school districts and private schools, awarding 40 more on Tuesday.

“One of the key components to ensuring comprehensive school safety is an effective school resource officer,” says Atif Qarni, Secretary of Education. “This funding will greatly help schools partner with officers to promote safety of our students and schools.”

One in five school police officers say their school is not prepared to handle an active-shooter situation, according to a survey of school resource officers conducted by the Education Week Research Center.

The Tennessee House and Senate have passed the "School Safety Act of 2018."

Some campus resource officers in Spokane, WA, are asking the school district to train and arm them with guns.

The governor of Indiana announced more than $10 million in school security funds to be distributed to hundreds of schools and school corporations for threat assessments, installation of security systems or the hiring of school resource officers.