Tag: school safety

Invention Competition Gets Students’ Take on Preventing Targeted Violence, Terrorism

By Total Security Advisor Staff Jul 7, 2022 Emergency Preparedness

Updated: Jul 7, 2022

On June 21 and June 22, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), in collaboration with EdVenture Partners and the McCain Institute for International Leadership, hosted the finalists for Invent2Prevent, a program that empowers university and high school students to develop innovative projects that help prevent targeted violence and terrorism. American University and Marysville High […]

Congressional Action on School Security in Bipartisan Measure

By Jake Parker, Senior Director of Government Relations, SIA Jun 24, 2022 Emergency Preparedness

Updated: Jun 27, 2022

Update: As expected, Congress passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, and President Joe Biden signed it into law on Saturday, June 25. Congress is poised, as of this writing, to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), the gun and school safety measure carefully negotiated over the last few weeks in response to the mass murders at […]

Ohio Awards $4.8M for School Security Upgrades

By Total Security Advisor Staff May 24, 2022 Emergency Preparedness

Updated: May 26, 2022

Nearly 100 Ohio schools have been awarded a total of $4.8 million in state grants to help them improve the overall safety and security of their buildings. According to an announcement from Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, 98 K-12 schools in 27 counties will implement safety upgrades with funding from the state’s K-12 School Safety Grant Program. […]

New Jersey Passes Law Requiring ‘Age-Appropriate’ School Security Drills

By Total Security Advisor Staff Jan 14, 2022 Emerging Issues in Security

Updated: Jan 14, 2022

On Jan. 10, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation requiring school security drills in the Garden State to be “age-appropriate” and to prevent unnecessary traumatization of schoolchildren. Among other requirements, the new law prohibits the use of fake blood, real or prop firearms, or the simulations of gun shots or explosions in school security […]