Texas’ Senate Bill 11 was approved in early June, and with fall approaching quickly, it’s necessary for school districts to understand what changes need to be made.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- July 24, 2019
Detroit schools have been employing security through contracted security companies for nearly ten years. With such high turnover rates, they’ve decided to return to private employment for security guards.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- July 24, 2019
Twin Falls School District had to use about 5 percent of their school supply budget in order to cover the cost of full-time security aides. This year, they may have to do the same again.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- July 23, 2019
A referendum passed by taxpayers last year will add about 500 security personnel to the current staff of 745.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- July 23, 2019
School bus routes in Indiana will be changing to keep elementary students from crossing rural roadways on rural highways to get on or off the school bus.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- July 22, 2019
Alyssa’s Law requires public schools to install silent panic alarms that notify law enforcement officials of emergency situations when they occur, in order to give them a faster response time.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- July 19, 2019
After Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s Arkansas School Safety Commission made 30 recommendations, districts have been working to make the necessary adjustments. Therefore, school safety is becoming a permanent line in the state budget.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- July 18, 2019
After two committees presented different ways funding could be used toward Douglas County school safety, two themes consistently came up — mental health support and safety standardization.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- July 18, 2019
University of Florida recently announced their addition of a new Business Affairs department, which will be called Physical Security. Joseph Souza has been appointed as the director of this new department.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- July 17, 2019
Gov. Phil Scott announced that $1.5 million will be allocated to school security funding during the second cycle of grants. In the first cycle, $4 million was granted to 242 schools around the state.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- July 17, 2019