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Electronic lock on a school arts room in Hong Kong. School security encompasses all measures taken to combat threats to people and property in education environments. [1] One term connected to school security is school safety, which is defined as the sheltering of students from violence and bullying, as well as exposure to harmful elements such as drugs, guns and gang activity. [2]
In March 2018, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was appointed head of the Federal Commission on School Safety by President Donald Trump.The purpose of the commission was to improve student safety at school by providing plans and recommendations of action designed to meet specific needs, including a range of issues from social-emotional support, school safety infrastructure, and the ...
The United States Department of Justice defines school resource officers (SRO) as "sworn law enforcement officers responsible for the safety and crime prevention in schools". [1] [2] They are employed by a local police or sheriff's department and work closely with administrators in an effort to create a safer environment for both students and ...
A student walks through an OpenGate metal detector at John I. Leonard High School on Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Greenacres, Fla. Starting this summer, the Palm Beach County School District is ...
(The Center Square) – Gov. Brian Kemp is proposing an additional $50 million for school safety grants. The new funding would bring the total for the grants to $159 million, with each school ...
The Drug Free Schools and Communities Act was passed in 1986 to create drug prevention programs in schools, and a 1992 re-authorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act created programs to prevent gang membership among students. Several school safety laws were passed in 1994, including the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994, the ...
A state investigation was launched into the private Christian Bible school, Olivet University, in 2022 by the Bureau of Private and Post-Secondary Education over concerns for student safety and ...
The Keeping All Students Safe Act or KASSA (H.R. 3474, S. 1858) is designed to protect children from the abuse of restraint and seclusion in school.The first Congressional bill was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on December 9, 2007, and named the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act. [1]