News Apalachee High School Shooter Sentenced to Life Without Parole The teen pleaded guilty to all 55 charges in the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting. The case underscores the importance of information sharing and behavioral threat assessment.
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.
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 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.
Industry Perspectives 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.
Members only Resources School Cell Phone Policy Toolkit: Sample Documents and Parent Letter Download a free school cell phone policy toolkit featuring a real district's cell phone policy, student discipline matrix, and parent communication letter.
Insights 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.
Insights 2026 Q2 School Security Intelligence Report A quarterly executive briefing examining the trends, legislation, research, and practitioner insights shaping the school safety profession.
Insights Using Data and Community Input to Improve School Transportation Safety Cincinnati officials share how crash data, community engagement, and strategic partnerships are helping prioritize transportation safety improvements around schools.
Webinars Tips for Building a Stronger School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) Grant Application Learn how experienced school safety leaders approach the SVPP grant process and the practical strategies they use to strengthen grant applications while supporting long-term school safety planning.
