School Safety

Unfortunately, crisis happen every day in our schools and those crises can range from weather related to loss of life.  These resources will help you prepare for crisis and respond to them once they happen.

tea: mental health and behavioral health

texas school safety center legislative guidance

caring for kids after trauma and death

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esc 14 & title iv, part a state initiative trauma and grief

after suicide: a toolkit for schools

esc region 12 crisis communication timeline

Emergency Operation Plans are state mandated.  It is comprised of the basic plan and supplemented by the annexes to address various emergencies.

hazard risk assessment worksheet

incident command systempens

nims overview

fema: the role of districts in developing high-quality school emergency operation plans

The Clearinghouse is a secure online database that gives employers, the FMCSA, State Driver Licensing Agencies (SDLAs), and State law enforcement personnel real-time information about commercial driver’s license (CDL) and commercial learner’s permit (CLP) holders’ drug and alcohol program violations. An act of Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to establish the Clearinghouse.

region 12 fmcsa drug and alcohol clearinghouse

drug and alcohol clearinghouse consent for limited quereies

fmcsa drug and alcohol clearinghouse registration instructions

This list contains several resources to utilize in keeping your school and students safe.

governor greg abbott's school and firearm safety action plan

governor abbott's school safety report

a framework for safe and successful schools

school violence prevention

go kit resource

security and school safety legal considerations

keeping our schools safe

marshals

Threat Assessment is a systematic process to identify persons of concern, gather more information, assess whether a person poses a threat, and if needed, manage situation to reduce risk. 

Requirements of Threat Assessment Teams per tec 37.115   and FFB Legal

fbi: active shooter incidents in schools stats and graphic

fbi: identifying, assessing, and managing the threat of targeted attacks

threat assessment in schools: a guide to managing threatening situations and to creating safe school climates

enhancing school safety using a threat assessment model

a study of the pre-attack behaviors of active shooters in the us

What does state mandate say about school board training?

Continuing Education requirements TEC 11.159 (c) and TAC 61.1(b)(7)(c)(4) 

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tea school board training

What does state mandate say about training staff about sexual abuse and other maltreatment of children?

New employee contents TEC 38.0041 (c-f) and TAC 61.1051(c)(d)

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ffg legal

bq legal

dg legal

dma legal

tea gateway module

Suicide training is required by statute.  These are the rules that address that.

• Training requirements for teachers, principals, and counselors TEC 21.054(d), TEC 21.451(d-2)-(d-3), and TEC 37.108(f)
• DMA Legal
• ehaa legal
• Documenting Suicide Training TEC 21.451(d-2)-(d-3), TAC 153.1013, and DMA Legal
• Training for counselors, teachers, nurses, administration, etc HSC 161.325 and DMA Legal
• Suicide, the Safe and Supportive Schools, and Threat Assessment Team requirements per TEC 37.115(h)-(j) and FFB Legal
• Suicide and the Emergency Operation Plan per TEC 37.108(f) and CKC Legal
• Suicide and the Student Curriculum per TEC 28.002(a)(2), (e), 19 TAC 74.1(a)(2), and EHAA Legal
• Suicide and the District Improvement Plan per HSC 161.325(O-1), TEC 11.252(a), and BQ Legal
• Counselor’s Responsibility in Suicide per TEC 33.006 and FFEA Legal
• Suicide and Student Consent per TEC 32.004 and FFEA Legal
• SHAC Responsibility per TEC 28.004(c),(n),(o) and EHAA Legal
• Encouraging suicide per TEC 37.0052, FOC Legal, and FOD Legal

• Chapter 37 establishes statutes related to student discipline, law, and order in public schools.  Individual school districts write and enforce student disciplinary policies that comply with the statutes.
• tea: safe & healthy schools
• chapter 37 safe schools
• chapter 37 - safe schools

Trauma Informed Care is required by statute.  These are the laws that address that.

• tec 38.036
• tec 11.252
• tec 21.054
• dma legal
• ffba legal
• ffb legal