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SchoolSafety.gov provides resources, like guidance, training, and fact sheets, to help schools create and maintain a safe learning environment.

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Guidance

Guide for Developing High-Quality Emergency Operations Plans for Institutions of Higher Education

Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and Federal Emergency Management Agency

This guidance provides information to planning teams at institutions of higher education on the principles of emergency management planning.

Fact Sheet

REMS TA Center Fact Sheets: Protection for Schools and School Districts

Department of Education, November 2017

This fact sheet describes the role protection plays in school preparedness. It contains examples of protection activities, steps for integrating protection into emergency planning, and key resources for schools and school districts.

Fact Sheet

REMS TA Center Fact Sheets: Mitigation for Schools and School Districts

Department of Education, November 2017

This fact sheet describes the role mitigation plays in school preparedness. It contains examples of mitigation activities, steps for integrating mitigation into emergency planning, and key resources for schools and school districts.

Program

Protective Security Advisor (PSA) Program

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

These resiliency subject matter experts engage with federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government partners, and members of the private sector stakeholder community to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure. PSAs provide several services to schools, including assisting with security vulnerability assessments; facilitating active shooter, improvised explosive device (IED), and other security training; and coordinating tabletop exercises and practical exercises.

Guidance

K–12 School Security Guide (2nd Edition) and School Security Survey

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 2018

This guide provides preventive and protective measures to address the threat of gun violence in schools. It includes a PDF with general security best practices and considerations and a Microsoft Excel-based security survey.

Program

VALOR Officer Safety and Wellness Training and Technical Assistance Program

Department of Justice

This program delivers current, dynamic classroom and web-based trainings to law enforcement officers focused on recognizing indicators of dangerous situations.

Program

Identifying an Armed Person Training

Department of Justice, September 2018

This program offers tips to the general public on handling felony possession and use of firearm cases.

Training Program

REMS TA Center School Behavioral Threat Assessments: An Introduction

Department of Education

This training provides a one-day program designed to familiarize schools and school districts with school behavioral threat assessments in preventing and reducing targeted violence at K–12 schools.

Guidance

The School Shooter: A Threat Assessment Perspective

Department of Justice

This guidance references a conference of educational, law enforcement, and mental health experts following the 1999 attack at Columbine High School. This guidance aims to assist in the prevention of school shootings.

Report

Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates

Department of Education, and Department of Homeland Security

This report provides a process for identifying, assessing, and managing students who may pose a threat of targeted violence in schools.