Loss Prevention School Safety and Security Resources

In this day and age, school safety and security is of integral importance. We hear of violent tragedies too often, but we are not powerless to prevent them. The TASB Risk Management Fund offers the list of Web sites below related to school safety and security issues to help you understand the evolving dangers educational facilities face and to help plan for those dangers.  These are offered as general reference materials only and are not necessarily approved or endorsed by the Fund or the Texas Association of School Boards.

Texas School Safety Center
School Safety Resources Specific for Texas Schools

Texas Education Agency
Chapter 37/Safe Schools
(Information relating to student discipline and management for Texas Schools)

Texas Attorney General
School Safety for Texas Schools

US Department of Education

• Emergency Planning: Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools – Crisis Planning Resources
• Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (includes information on a higher-education grant program)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

• FEMA Independent Study Program
• FEMA for Kids

US Department of Education/US Department of Justice
Online Support for Bomb Threat Response Planning Tool and Online Request Page for CD-ROM Tool

US Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center
Safe School Initiative, Threat Assessment Guide and Related Publications

National School Safety Center:

• The Role of Schools in Homeland Security
  (Steps for safe schools planning and crisis response)
• Safeguarding Schools Against Terror
  (Resource page designed to help law enforcement and school partners recognize and understand the role of schools in homeland security and readiness)
• Managing Schools under Threat of Terrorism
  (Resource page to help schools preserve and enhance the educational mission during crisis and prepare to effectively respond to a crisis)
• Working Together to Create Safe Schools
  (Strategies on how schools can work together with school board members, school employees, students, parents, community leaders, service groups, business leaders, government representatives, law enforcers, and the media to create safer schools)

American Red Cross
Prepare at School/Disaster Recovery Resources
(Curriculum that assists teachers in meeting core educational objectives related to disaster safety)

Contra Costa Health Services
Pandemic Flu School Action Kit

Crisis Response Box
A Guide to Help Every School Assemble the Tools and Resources Needed for a Critical Incident Response.
California (Adobe PDF - Download Adobe Acrobat Reader to view)

National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
Disaster Preparedness and Response Resources and Links for Schools

Transportation Security Administration
School Transportation Security Awareness

Questions?

Contact Catherine Toohey at 800.482.7276, ext 2054, if you have questions concerning these resources or links.