$VXIT school safety is huge in Texas! The Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) has opened the District Audit Reporting Tool (DARtool) for districts to submit their safety and security audit results for the 2020-2023 audit cycle. Superintendents were sent an email containing the link to the DAR tool and their access code (unique to each district) on April 14, 2023. The deadline for submitting district safety and security audit results is September 15, 2023. Refer to the School Safety and Security Audit Toolkit for guidance on conducting safety and security audits. https://txssc.txstate.edu/
AUGUST 28, 2023
New school safety chief aims to 'professionalize' security at all Texas schools
TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) - As Texas schools face new security and safety requirements, a former U.S. Secret Service agent has been put in charge of making sure the state's more than 8,000 campuses are in compliance. In the days after the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Governor Greg Abbott called on the state's education department to create a new position, Chief of School Safety and Security. The new position would ensure schools are implementing safety policies passed by the legislature and advise schools on best practices to safeguard against school shootings. Last fall, Abbott chose John P. Scott, a man with two decades of experience in the U.S. Secret Service, for the job. https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/new-school-safety-chief-aims-to-professionalize-security-at-all-texas-schools/