Keeping Ohio Schools Safe
Meet Ohio School Safety Mandates While Reducing Cost and Vendor Complexity
Multiple Dimensions of School Safety
Raptor Technologies® gives schools the platform, products, and partnership to manage school safety as one connected system — built for the realities of the school day.
With a consistent interface across products, staff learn one system and rely on it with confidence, whether they’re checking in a visitor or managing an emergency response.
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One System, Used With Confidence
Whether someone is a student, staff member, visitor, or volunteer, every Raptor product recognizes them as the same person across the platform. The right information is already there when it’s needed, through check-in, emergency response, wellbeing support, and compliance.
Schools manage one vendor relationship, one contract, and a platform designed to grow with their needs, and every product added to the Raptor platform reduces the cost and complexity of managing safety.
Two Ohio Initiatives Every District Should Know
Meet SAVE Students Act Requirements
The SAVE Students Act, also known as Ohio House Bill 123 (2021), became public law on March 24, 2021, and includes requirements related to topics such as threat assessment, emergency management plans, anonymous reporting, suicide awareness and prevention, and more. See below for more details or fill out the form above to see how Raptor solutions help Ohio schools meet critical safety requirements.
Request a DemoSimplify State-Mandated School Door Inspections
ORC § 3737.07 requires annual inspection and testing of protective door assemblies, with records maintained. Effective 4/24/2026, records are to be reviewed annually. Raptor SmartAudit allows staff to scan a door with an NFC tag and record the door's status as Locked, Unlocked, Propped Open, or Damaged through the Raptor Staff app. Checks are stored digitally with a timestamp and the staff member's name, giving a clear record of inspection activity across buildings.
Learn MoreEnsure Compliance with Ohio School Safety Mandates
See how Raptor solutions support compliance. Select a bill or statute below for details.
HB 57
House Bill 57: Requires a board-adopted policy for schools that stock overdose reversal drugs
Overdose Reversal Drugs · Naloxone Training
Requirement
Any school district, chartered and nonchartered nonpublic school, community school, STEM school, and college-preparatory boarding school that chooses to obtain and maintain a supply of overdose reversal drugs must have its board of education adopt and implement a policy for the supply's maintenance and the drug's use. The policy must, among other requirements, include a description of any related training that school employees or contractors must complete.
Raptor Compliance
Raptor Staff Compliance Training, powered by PublicSchoolWORKS, offers a Naloxone Emergency Response course that provides instruction on how to recognize opioid overdoses, administer Naloxone, and take critical next steps.
ORC § 3313.7117
Sarah's Law (ORC § 3313.7117): Requires seizure action plan training and seizure disorder training for school staff
Seizure Safety · Staff Training
Requirement
Each school building must designate at least one employee (other than the school nurse) to complete seizure action plan training every two years. Additionally, all administrators, guidance counselors, teachers, and bus drivers must complete at least one hour of training on seizure disorders within 90 days of hire.
Raptor Compliance
Raptor Staff Compliance Training, powered by PublicSchoolWORKS, includes a course that provides instruction on epilepsy basics, first aid procedures, seizure action plans, and legal requirements for school personnel.
ORC § 3737.07
ORC § 3737.07: Requires annual inspection and testing of protective door assemblies
Protective Door Assemblies · Annual Inspections
Requirement
Each school governing authority must have all protective door assemblies inspected and tested annually. Schools must maintain annual inspection records and take necessary steps to correct non-compliant doors. Starting April 24, 2026, the authority having jurisdiction shall annually inspect these records. Citations may be issued if doors remain non-compliant beyond the required timeframe without active efforts to achieve compliance.
Raptor Compliance
Raptor SmartAudit is a mobile app for school door inspection and compliance that helps staff check and document the status of doors and entry points. It creates a digital record of inspection activity, providing schools with a documented history of door checks. Reports can be used to demonstrate compliance with local laws/statutes such as ORC § 3737.07, support audits, and verify that inspections are being completed as required.
SB 288
Erin's Law (Ohio SB 288): Requires annual child sexual abuse prevention instruction for students in grades K–6
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
Requirement
Schools must provide annual, age-appropriate instruction on child sexual abuse prevention for students in grades K–6, including information on counseling and resources.
Raptor Compliance
Raptor Staff Compliance Training, powered by PublicSchoolWORKS, includes an Erin's Law-compliant training course that provides instruction on recognizing abuse, responding to disclosures, and reporting obligations to create a safer environment for students.
SAVE Students Act
SAVE Students Act: Additional requirements
Threat Assessment · Suicide Prevention · Anonymous Reporting
Requirement
Each local, city, exempted village, and joint vocational school district shall create a threat assessment team for each school building in the district that serves grades 6–12.
Raptor Compliance
Raptor StudentSafe™ supports behavioral threat assessment (BTA) teams by enabling all staff to capture low-level concerns and document interventions. Teams can review each student's chronology of prior concerns, interventions, and progress during a threat assessment.
Requirement
Each team member shall complete an approved threat assessment training program upon appointment and once every three years thereafter.
Raptor Compliance
Raptor offers online and onsite threat assessment training.
Raptor Staff Compliance Training, powered by PublicSchoolWORKS, includes a 2-module, Ohio School Safety Center-approved program on identifying warning signs and threats, assessing threat seriousness, and developing intervention plans.
Raptor's Student Wellbeing Initiative offers BTA training from the experts at SIGMA Threat Management, with step-by-step guidance and tabletop exercises using actual cases.
Requirement
Administrators shall add a threat assessment plan and team protocol to the comprehensive emergency management plans required to be developed for each building under their control. The plan shall at least:
- Identify the types of threatening behavior that may represent a physical threat to a school community.
- Identify who threatening behavior should be reported to and the steps they must take.
- Establish threat assessment guidelines covering identification, evaluation of threat seriousness, intervention, and follow-up.
- Establish guidelines for coordinating with local law enforcement and the district's anonymous reporting program (ORC § 3313.6610), with a point of contact in each agency.
- Conform with the school's emergency management plan under ORC § 5502.262.
Raptor Compliance
Raptor StudentSafe and Stay Safe. Speak Up! Anonymous Tip Reporting System let users customize protocols to meet SAVE Students Act requirements.
- StudentSafe supports early identification of threats by helping teams document, assess, and monitor concerning behaviors, including violence, self-harm, and other safety risks.
- Designated staff can view submitted concerns and add custom guidance, tips, and checkpoints to determine next steps.
- Users can build their school's protocols into any student wellbeing policy. Stay Safe. Speak Up! lets users configure a call tree and assign points of contact for notifications.
- StudentSafe is part of Raptor's integrated safety ecosystem supporting prevention, response, and recovery, aligning with the comprehensive requirements of emergency management planning.
Requirement
Each board of education shall provide youth suicide awareness and prevention training every two years for nurses, teachers, counselors, psychologists, administrators, and other appropriate personnel. Boards may create their own curriculum in consultation with public or private agencies or persons involved in youth suicide awareness and prevention programs.
Raptor Compliance
Raptor Staff Compliance Training, powered by PublicSchoolWORKS, offers a course designed to meet this requirement, covering legal responsibilities, supporting at-risk students, and building resilience and connectedness in your school community.
Raptor's Student Wellbeing Initiative adds expert guidance, resources, and staff training on bullying, harassment, intimidation, and suicide prevention.
Requirement
The SAVE Students Act required the Ohio Department of Public Safety, in consultation with the Department of Education and the Attorney General, to develop the Ohio School Behavioral Threat Assessment Model Plan, which incorporates guidelines developed by the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC).
Raptor Compliance
Raptor StudentSafe includes the 3 primary BTA methodologies (NTAC, CSTAG, and Salem-Kaiser) and the ability to create your own or modify an existing one.
Requirement
Each local, city, exempted village, and joint vocational school district shall register with the SaferOH tipline or enter into an agreement with an anonymous tip reporting program of its choosing. The program shall:
- Operate 24/7.
- Forward reports to and coordinate with the appropriate threat assessment teams, law enforcement, and public safety agencies named in the school's emergency management plan.
- Be promoted in each school so students know about the program and how to report.
- Comply with ORC §§ 149.433 and 3319.321 and FERPA (20 U.S.C. 1232g).
Raptor Compliance
Stay Safe. Speak Up! Anonymous Reporting offers:
- 24/7/365 reporting by website, iOS app, Android app, telephone tipline, or transcribed voice message.
- Trained intake coordinators immediately contact essential district leaders by phone and text when a student is in danger of harming themselves or others.
- Promotional toolkits with stickers, posters, website “buttons,” parent letters, and more.
- Meets FERPA and ORC §§ 149.433 and 3319.321.
The Stay Safe. Speak Up! Anonymous Reporting system keeps electronic records of incidents and interventions for state reports in one centralized location.
Requirement
Districts must submit annual reports to the Department of Public Safety and Department of Education on the number of anonymous reports and how they were received, disaggregated by school.
Districts must also submit the following data to both departments at the end of their first full year in SaferOH or an anonymous reporting program, and each school year thereafter:
- The number and type of disciplinary actions from anonymous reports in the previous school year.
- The number and type of mental wellness referrals from anonymous reports.
- The race and gender of students subject to those disciplinary actions and referrals.
- Any other information the departments determine necessary.
Raptor Compliance
We work with each district to produce required discipline action and mental wellness referral reports, following Ohio's prescribed format and data requirements.
Lindsay's Law
Lindsay's Law: Requires annual sudden cardiac arrest training for school coaches
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Training
Requirement
School coaches must complete the annual Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) training approved by the Ohio Department of Health.
Raptor Compliance
Raptor Staff Compliance Training, powered by PublicSchoolWORKS, includes a Lindsay's Law-compliant course that provides instruction on the signs of sudden cardiac arrest, emergency response steps, and the legal responsibilities for student-athlete safety.
Available Funding
The state of Ohio has allocated funding to enhance school safety, and additional federal grant opportunities are available to further support these initiatives. The following programs align with Raptor’s solutions:
Ohio Attorney General's FY27 School Safety Grant
Application Deadline: May 28, 2027
Provides eligible school entities a total of $9.01M for safety-related projects. Every school district is eligible to apply for a formula-based grant ($2,500 per organization or $4.50 per student, whichever amount is greater) and a program-based grant (up to $40,000, regardless of the number of students in the district). Allowable expenses include:
FY27 BWC School Safety and Security Grant Program
Application Timeline: August 17, 2026 – Ongoing
Provides eligible OH employers that operate licensed preschool through twelfth-grade educational facilities up to $40,000 for each three-year eligibility cycle. Allowable expenses include:
- school-wide panic alarm/panic button systems
- two-way communication devices and software
- modifications of building/facility entrances to restrict access
- and more.
FY26 BJA STOP School Violence Program
Expected Award Period: 36 months starting January 1, 2027
The FY26 BJA STOP School Violence Program will provide an expected total of $111,145,913 to equip students and teachers with tools needed to recognize, respond quickly to, and help prevent acts of violence. Allowable expenses include:
- violence prevention training,
- anonymous reporting systems,
- development and deployment of threat assessment and intervention teams,
- and other measures the BJA Director determines will significantly improve these areas.
FY26 COPS SVPP
Expected Award Period: 36 months starting on October 1, 2026
The FY26 Community Oriented Policing Services School Violence Prevention Program (COPS SVPP) will provide an estimated total of $73M for K-12 school security improvements. Allowable expenses include:
- panic alarm notification systems
- security systems and accompanying equipment
- school maps
- visitor management systems
- and more
FY26 School Safety Enhancement Program
Project period: Up to 36 months
The FY26 School Safety Enhancement Program will provide a total of $93M to State Educational Agencies (SEAs) for school safety systems and physical security. Allowable expenses include:
Allowable expenses include:
- deterrent measures
- visitor screening infrastructure
- emergency communications systems
- active threat response training
FY26 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP)
Projected Period of Performance End Date: 8/31/2029
The FY26 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) makes an estimated $300M available to nonprofits (as subrecipients) for physical security enhancements. Allowable expenses include:
- identification, assessment, and reporting of threats
- improving the cybersecurity of access control, identity verification systems, and security technologies
- training
- and more
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