Policies and Issue Papers | Resources | Studies

• Policies and Issue Papers
  

  • States’ Roles in Keeping Schools Safe: Opportunities and Challenges for State School Safety Centers and Other Actors (National Institute of Justice Report, 2017)
  • Safe School-based Enforcement through Collaboration, Understanding, and Respect (SECURe): State and Local Policy Rubric
  • SECURE Local Implementation Rubric

• Resources
  

  Resource Documents

  • School Safety Inspection Checklist for Virginia Public Schools (2019)
  • Recovering and Moving Forward: Lessons Learned and Recommendations Following the Shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (National Police Foundation and Center for Mass Violence Response Studies, 2019)
  • Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model (National Threat Assessment Center, U.S. Secret Service, 2018)
    
  • Indicators of School Crime and Safety (National Center for Education Statistics, 2018)
  • School and Security Guidelines for K-12 Schools (Partner Alliance for Safer Schools, 2018)
  • Digital Threat Assessment Resource Guide (Safer Schools Together, 2017)
  • How to Evaluate Competing Technologies (Campus Safety)
  • Safe School-based Enforcement through Collaboration, Understanding, and Respect (SECURe)
  • Mass Violence and Extremism: Information for Educators and School Administrators (Anti-Defamation League and START, The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, 2016)
  • Engaging School Psychologists to Improve Comprehensive School Safety (National Association of School Psychologists, 2016)
  • Best Practices in School Threat Assessment (SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2013)
  • Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans (DOE, DHS, FEMA, 2013)
  • Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence (International Association of Chiefs of Police and DOJ's Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2007)
     

  Resource Links

  • Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance Center 
  • Helping Children After a Natural Disaster - Information to help educators support students 
  • National Association of School Psychologists – School Safety and Crisis Resources
  • Texas State University (Texas School Safety Center) – School Based Emergency Management Toolkit
  • U.S. Department of Education’s Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance Center

• Studies
  

  • Protecting America’s Schools: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Targeted School Violence (2019)
  • Safety and Social-Emotional Learning: Results of a National Survey (Education Week Resource Center, 2019)
  • Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission Report (2019)
  • Youth Violence Prevention in the United States (CSIS International Security Program, 2019)
  • Summary of School Safety Statistics (National Institute of Justice Report, 2017)