Transportation Safety Back-to-School Safety Tips: Transportation Safety Whether students walk, bike, ride the bus, drive, or are dropped off by a parent, these transportation safety reminders can help schools and families prepare for a safer start to the new school year.
News Apalachee High School Shooting Suspect Pleads Guilty to All Charges A Georgia teen pleaded guilty to all charges in the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting. The case underscores the importance of information sharing and behavioral threat assessment.
News How States Are Strengthening School Threat and Violence Laws Recent legislation in Alabama and Kentucky is changing how schools respond to threats, violence, and assaults against school employees. Here's what districts should know.
Resources PASS Offers Free Digital Checklists for School Safety Assessments PASS has made its School Safety & Security Checklists available in a free digital format, helping school safety teams assess campuses, identify security gaps, track progress, and generate reports.
Insights Why Some Schools Are Banning Metal Water Bottles As reusable metal water bottles have become a daily staple in schools, some districts are banning them over concerns about student safety, concealed prohibited items, and classroom disruptions.
Insights Social Media Lawsuits Highlight Growing Digital Safety Challenges in K-12 Schools Social media lawsuits are drawing attention to the growing digital safety and mental health challenges facing K–12 schools.
Research K-12 Student-to-School-Counselor Ratio: Where Does Your State Fall? School counselor shortages continue to challenge K-12 schools, but new funding initiatives and alternative certification programs are helping close the gap.
Employee Misconduct Protecting Students from School Staff Misconduct: Prevention, Policies, and Emerging Challenges Recent federal action, state initiatives, and high-profile cases are drawing renewed attention to how K-12 schools prevent, identify, and respond to allegations of staff misconduct.
Insights How to Strengthen K-12 Hiring Practices to Better Protect Students A practical framework for strengthening K-12 hiring practices through comprehensive background investigations and candidate evaluation.
Member Spotlights Member Spotlight: Dennis Hill of Breakthrough Public Schools After more than 35 years in law enforcement and school safety, Dennis Hill discusses the importance of relationship-building, mentoring school safety professionals, and creating safer learning environments at Breakthrough Public Schools.
Insights Beyond the Classroom: How Artificial Intelligence Is Affecting School Safety AI is creating new school safety challenges while prompting districts to rethink policies, investigations, and governance. Here's what school safety leaders need to know.
