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The Safe Schools Declaration describes the immediate and long-term consequences of attacks on students, teachers, schools, and universities, and the military use of schools and universities, during times of armed conflict. It contrasts this with the positive and protective role that education can have during armed conflict.
Safe Schools/Healthy Students. Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) is a grant program funded by the United States Department of Education, United States Department of Justice, and United States Department of Health and Human Services that helps school districts, in partnership with mental health providers, law enforcement and juvenile justice ...
The Office of Safe and Healthy Students ( OSHS) (formerly Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools ( OSDFS) is a subdivision within the United States Department of Education that is responsible for assisting drug and violence prevention activities within the nation's schools. The office was established by the Department of Education in 2002 ...
In West Virginia last week, safety activist Michele Gay, whose 7-year-old daughter was among those killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012, said the same.
School security. School security encompasses all measures taken to combat threats to people and property in education environments. [1] One term connected to school security is school safety, which is defined as the sheltering of students from violence and bullying, as well as exposure to harmful elements such as drugs, guns and gang activity. [2]
The Luke and Alex School Safety Act of 2021 is a United States bill introduced in the 117th Congress on 28 January 2021 by Republican Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) and co-sponsored by Senators Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, James Risch, and Chuck Grassley, as a measure to improve school safety and help prevent mass shootings. [1]
The Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 ( IASA) was a major part of the Clinton administration's efforts to reform education. It was signed in the gymnasium of Framingham High School (MA). It reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. President Bill Clinton signs the act at Framingham High School, October 1994.
History. The Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 was originally passed as section 1702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990. It added 18 U.S.C. § 922 (q); 18 U.S.C. § 922 itself was added by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 . The Supreme Court of the United States subsequently held that the Act was an unconstitutional exercise ...