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INFORMATION RESOURCES

Pennsylvania Department of Education
  • Safe Schools Initiative
  • Persistently Dangerous Schools
  • Violence and Weapons Possession in PA Schools Historic Reports
  • Alternative Programs for Disruptive Youth
  • Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program
  • Crisis Response


  • Center for Schools and Communities
  • Center for Safe Schools (Lemoyne, PA)


  • U.S. Department of Education
  • Ofice of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
  • Emergency Planning
  • NCLB Unsafe School Choice Option


  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Stop Bullying Now
  • Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative


  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention


  • U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center
  • Safe Schools Initiative


  • Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
  • Pennsylvania Association
  • National Organization


  • American Association of School Administrators
  • Safe Schools Homepage

  • State Crisis Management and Response Plans


  • School Violence Resource Center
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  • National School Safety Center
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  • National Association of School Resource Officers
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  • Keep Schools Safe
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  • Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
  • The Safety Zone


    RESEARCH & REPORTS [Top]

    Pennsylvania Reports | National Reports

    PENNSYLVANIA REPORTS

    School Safety Report: 2006-2007 School Year  NEW!
    Pennsylvania Department of Education, August 2008

    Findings and Recommendations: Security and Safety Audit Team for the Chester Upland School District
    A report from the Pennsylvania Department of Education,
    November 2004

    Violence and Weapons Possession in Pennsylvania's Schools
    Reports from the Pennsylvania Department of Education

    From Pennsylvania's Front Line Against Crime: A School and Youth Violence Prevention Plan
    Published by Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Pennsylvania, April 2002

    Establishing a Safe School Environment
    Power Point presentation from the Center for Safe Schools


    NATIONAL REPORTS

    Public School Practices for Violence Prevention and Reduction: 2003–04
    National Center for Education Statistics, September 2007

    Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools, Findings from the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2005-06
    National Center for Education Statistics, September 2007

    Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2005
    National Center for Education Statistics, November 2005

    Student Reports of Bullying: Results from the 2001 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey
    National Center for Education Statistics, July 2005

    Education on Lockdown: The Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Track
    By Advancement Project in partnership with Padres and Jovenes Unidos, Southwest Youth Collaborative, and the Children & Family Justice Center of Northwestern University School of Law, March 2005

    Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2004
    National Center for Education Statistics, November 2004

    Practical Information on Crisis Planning
    A guide from the U.S. Department of Education, August 2004

    Bullying Prevention is Crime Prevention
    A report by Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, 2003

    School Safety Threats Persist, Funding Decreasing: NASRO 2003 National School-Based Law Enforcement Survey
    Annual National Survey of School-Based Police Officers, published by the National Association of School Resource Officers, August 2003

    Violence in U.S. Public Schools: 2000 School Survey on Crime and Safety
    National Center for Education Statistics, October 2003

    Student-led Crime Prevention: A Real Resource with Powerful Promise
    Published by the U.S. Department of Education, November 2002

    Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates
    Published by the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Department of Education, May 2002

    America's After-school Choice: The Primer Time for Juvenile Crime, or Youth Enrichment and Achievement
    A report from Fight Crime, Invest in Kids, 2000

    America's Child Care Crisis: A Crime Prevention Tragedy
    A report from Fight Crime, Invest in Kids, January 2000

    School and Community Interventions to Prevent Serious and Violent Offending
    Published by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, October 1999

    Developing and Maintaining Safe Schools
    Published by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, 1996


    CURRENT PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATION [Top]

    Senate Bills | Archived Legislation

    Senate Bills

    Senate Bill 22 (Sen. Connie Williams)
    Requires all school entities to adopt policies related to bullying.

    Senate Bill 71 (Sen. Stewart Greenleaf)
    Requires all school entities to adopt policies related to bullying.


    Archived Legislation

    Click here to review Safe Schools related legislation introduced during the 2005-2006 Legislative Session.

    Click here to review Safe Schools related legislation introduced during the 2003-2004 Legislative Session.



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