School Safety Legislation by State
Federal Legislation Applicable to All States
Mandates that all local educational agencies (LEAs) provide training and support to ensure that school personnel can identify homeless children and youth and that these students receive educational services to heighten staff’s awareness of the unique needs of homeless students and to ensure compliance with the Act’s provisions.
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Requires schools that receive E-rate funding to educate students on appropriate online behavior, including safe interactions on social media and in chat rooms, as well as cyberbullying awareness and response. While teacher training is not mandated, it is strongly recommended that educators are prepared to effectively guide and support students in meeting these requirements.
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Regulations require all school employees report possible sexual harassment to a Title IX coordinator, and training should ensure staff understand their responsibilities. There are also additional role-based training requirements.
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Alabama
State-Specific Legislation (3)
Requires school nurses and unlicensed medication assistants to complete state-approved training on seizure recognition, first aid, and student care. It may also be included in general health training for school staff.
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Senate Bill 98
Went into effect on 10/1/2024. The law requires schools’ physical security measures, including panic buttons, to be evaluated to ensure they’re up to standard. It also requires each local board of education to designate a district safety coordinator who must complete training related to emergency response and behavioral threat assessment.
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Mandates that all K-12 public schools provide child sexual abuse prevention instruction. While local school boards decide the specifics, the program must include age-appropriate education for students, and training for school staff on recognizing, responding to, and reporting child sexual abuse.
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Alabama schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Alaska
State-Specific Legislation (1)
Requires all state departments and school districts to provide training on recognizing and reporting child abuse or neglect. New employees must complete this training within 45 days of starting their job, and any existing employees who haven’t received equivalent training must also complete it.
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Alaska schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Arizona
State-Specific Legislation (4)
While training is not required by law, in Arizona all school personnel are considered mandated reporters under ARS 13-3620, and are required to report all concerns of child abuse or neglect to the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS). Training staff helps ensure they’re prepared to fulfill this obligation.
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House Bill 2074
Expands the allowable expenses of the School Safety Program to include safety technology, safety training, and infrastructure improvements for campuses as part of an alternative program proposal. Proposals submitted by school districts or charter schools to support the placement of officers, counselors, or social workers must also include a plan to provide current school building blueprints, floor plans, and safety assessments for each school site to the local law enforcement agency, emergency medical services provider, and fire department that serve the school.
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Requires each school district governing board to prescribe and enforce policies and procedures to prohibit pupils from harassing, intimidating, and bullying other pupils. Furthermore, a procedure for pupils, parents, and school district employees to confidentially report incidents of harassment, intimidation, or bullying to school officials must be established.
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Requires school nurses and staff who work with students with seizure plans to complete state-approved online training on seizure recognition and first aid every five years. As of September 1, 2023, all schools must have at least one trained staff member (in addition to the nurse) able to assist with seizure medications and vagus nerve stimulators.
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Arizona schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Arkansas
State-Specific Legislation (1)
Part of the LEARNS Act requires all public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to implement a child sexual abuse and human trafficking prevention program. Schools must provide training for teachers on awareness, reporting requirements, and prevention.
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Arkansas schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
California
State-Specific Legislation (10)
Requires child daycare facilities to maintain an emergency and disaster plan that includes procedures for evacuation, lockdowns, shelter-in-place, communication with emergency personnel, and reunification. Staff and volunteers shall be trained on the plan upon hire or before beginning service and annually thereafter. Facilities must also conduct quarterly emergency drills and maintain documentation for each drill.
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Assembly Bill 1858
Requires active shooter or armed assailant drills included in school safety plans to follow specific guidelines. These include banning high-intensity drills, using a trauma-informed approach, and notifying participants’ parents and guardians about the drill and its duration in advance.
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Requires administrators, employees, and regular volunteers of youth service organizations to complete training related to identifying and reporting child abuse and neglect. Adult volunteers (18+) who work with youth for either more than 16 hours per month or 32 hours or more per year must complete a Live Scan criminal background check, including fingerprinting.
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Assembly Bill 772 — Compliance Deadline: July 1, 2027
Requires each LEA to adopt a policy—or modify its existing procedures—on how to address reported acts of cyberbullying occurring outside of school hours, provided the acts are severe or pervasive enough to have the actual and reasonably expected effect of creating an intimidating or hostile educational environment. LEAs may use a locally adopted policy developed with input from stakeholders, or the model policy required to be developed by the Department of Education.
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Each public school, including charter schools, with an enrollment of 100 pupils or more is encouraged to implement a school safety program that supports alerting first responders from multiple agencies during an emergency, housing detailed schoolsite information, notifying emergency contacts when a pupil has been safely secured, providing staff up-to-date details during emergencies, conducting emergency drills and archiving related details, and more.
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Updated by AB 1913, requires all school districts, county offices of education, state special schools, diagnostic centers, and charter schools to provide annual mandated reporter training for school employees, starting July 1, 2025. New hires must complete training within six weeks of employment, and schools must track completion.
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Requires schools to maintain documentation showing that volunteers have completed a tuberculosis risk assessment.
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Requires California schools to follow seizure response training standards set by the Superintendent. The standards must be reviewed every five years and developed with guidance from epilepsy and medical experts. If a student has been prescribed anti-seizure medication, has been diagnosed with seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy, the local education agency may designate one or more volunteers to receive training once a request is made by the student’s parent or guardian.
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Includes requirements related to training for school staff, who is considered a mandated reporter, and extending mandated reporter and child abuse prevention training to private schools and volunteers starting July 1, 2026.
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Requires each LEA to develop, adopt, and implement protocols for extreme weather conditions on or before July 1, 2026. The protocols shall detail specific measures to take during extreme weather conditions, including training for staff on recognizing the signs of weather-related distress in pupils and appropriate response measures.
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California schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Colorado
State-Specific Legislation (3)
Requires all public schools to provide annual seizure recognition and first aid training to at least one appropriate staff member. Additionally, within eight weeks of being notified that a student has a seizure disorder or receiving their seizure action plan, public schools must have at least one trained staff member designated to administer or assist with seizure medications and vagus nerve stimulation.
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Requires school boards to provide regular training for teachers and school employees on recognizing and reporting child abuse. Starting in the 2025-26 school year, all public schools must also train employees on harassment and discrimination, including recognizing grooming behaviors and child sexual abuse. New hires must complete this training upon hiring, and all employees must retake it at least every three years.
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Requires public school principals to annually submit a report to the board of education, including the number of conduct and discipline code violations regarding behavior on school grounds, in a school vehicle, at a school activity, or sanctioned event that creates a threat of physical harm to self or other students.
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Colorado schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Connecticut
State-Specific Legislation (3)
Requires in-service training for school employees to include seizure response. The training must cover recognizing seizure symptoms, providing seizure first aid, understanding student seizure action plans, and, for authorized staff, administering seizure rescue medication or using a vagus nerve stimulator.
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Requires all school employees hired after July 1, 2011, to complete mandatory training on child abuse prevention and reporting, with refresher training required every three years. All school employees must also complete training on child sexual abuse prevention, bystander intervention, and appropriate interactions with children, repeating it every three years.
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Senate Bill 1216
Effective July 1, 2025, expands the allowable expenses of the School Security Infrastructure Competitive Grant Program to include the installation of hardware associated with emergency response communications systems and personal emergency communication devices.
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Connecticut schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Delaware
State-Specific Legislation (2)
Requires all school district and charter school employees to complete nine hours of training every three years on child safety, including child abuse awareness. Additionally, all new employees must complete one hour of child abuse detection and reporting training within 30 days of being hired, unless they have completed the training within the past year.
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Requires the development and implementation of a child sexual abuse prevention and personal body safety curriculum in all public schools serving pre-K through 6th grade.
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Delaware schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
District of Columbia
State-Specific Legislation (2)
Requires training for school staff on sexual misconduct, student sexual abuse, and child abuse for staff upon hire and every 2 years thereafter. Schools are also required to provide training for parents on these topics each year.
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The Seizure Safe Schools Act requires the Department of Health to offer voluntary seizure awareness training at least three times each school year as of June 1, 2025. Schools must notify staff who directly work with students who have seizure action plans and allow them to attend the training.
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District of Columbia schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Florida
State-Specific Legislation (5)
Requires schools to verify that any employee who regularly interacts with a student who has an Individualized Seizure Action Plan (ISAP) has completed training on caring for students with epilepsy and seizure disorders.
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Updated the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Act, including new safety drill, family reunification, and mental health considerations.
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Requires each school, including charter schools, to maintain a record that is accessible on each campus or by request of the Office of Safe Schools of all current and prior school year drills. These records must include the names of law enforcement personnel present on campus for each active assailant emergency drill.
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Rule 6A-1.0018
Requires district school boards to adopt a family reunification plan to reunite students with their families in the event that a school is closed or unexpectedly evacuated due to a natural or manmade disaster. It also requires schools to conduct six emergency drills: one within the first ten days of school, and the remaining drills at least every forty-five days that school is in session. Four of these must be active threat drills, and the remaining two can address severe weather, natural disasters, hazardous materials, or reunification.
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Requires all Florida public schools to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting diverse emergency services technologies and integrating with local public safety answering point infrastructure.
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Florida schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Georgia
State-Specific Legislation (5)
Requires public schools to provide annual, age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education for students in kindergarten through 9th grade as part of their curriculum.
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Requires all school staff who interact with students to receive training on recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect, with annual updates provided through written materials.
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AJ’s Law requires each public school and charter school to ensure at least one staff member per grade level is trained to support students with epilepsy or seizure disorders.
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Requires all Georgia public schools to complete intruder alert drills by October 1 of each school year. Each public school must also prepare a school safety plan that covers strategies for training school personnel on violence prevention, school security, threat assessment, mental health awareness, and school emergency planning best practices.
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Includes Ricky and Alyssa’s Law, which requires each Georgia public school to implement a mobile panic alert system by July 1, 2026. The law also includes requirements for anonymous reporting, school mapping data, behavioral threat assessment management plans, suicide awareness and prevention, and more.
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Georgia schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Hawaii
State-Specific Legislation (1)
Requires school staff to receive periodic orientation and training to individuals responsible for reporting child abuse and neglect. The goal is to improve the recognition and reporting of abuse cases.
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Hawaii schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Idaho
State-Specific Legislation (2)
House Bill 224
Went into effect on July 1, 2025, and requires school districts to develop a system of background checks for all people who have unsupervised contact with students. Each school must also create an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) and train staff on conducting emergency response exercises.
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Requires all adults in Idaho to report child abuse, neglect or abandonment. Training staff helps ensure they’re prepared to fulfill this obligation.
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Idaho schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Illinois
State-Specific Legislation (7)
Requires each school district to implement a threat assessment procedure and threat assessment team comprised of at least one law enforcement official and cross-disciplinary representatives.
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105 ILCS 150/25 (The Seizure Smart School Act)
Requires all teachers, administrators, and school support personnel to receive training on seizure recognition, first aid, and emergency protocols. In schools with at least one student with epilepsy, a delegated care aide must be trained to support the student’s seizure action plan.
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Requires school staff working with students in grades K–8 to receive staff development on child abuse and neglect. As updated by SB 1778 (2019) and HB 3100 (2021), all mandated reporters must complete initial training within 3 months of starting their role and then at least every 3 years. Additionally, mandates that teachers, administrators, and school personnel receive training on responding to child sexual abuse and grooming behavior.
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House Bill 5107 (Alyssa’s Law) — Deadline: By the beginning of the 2028-2029 school year
Permits Illinois school districts and private schools to consider the use of a mobile panic alert system. If adopted, these systems must meet the rules that the Illinois State Police will develop, connect to diverse emergency service technologies, and integrate with local Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) infrastructure for the transmission of 9-1-1 calls and mobile activations.
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Requires school districts to provide annual, evidence-informed training for all school personnel on child sexual abuse and grooming behavior. Schools must also include an age-appropriate and evidence-based sexual abuse prevention curriculum for students in pre-K through 12th grade.
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Requires all school districts, charter schools, and nonpublic schools to create an employee code of professional conduct aimed at preventing sexual misconduct with students. This policy must include references to required employee training on child abuse prevention and educator ethics.
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House Bill 5394
Requires school districts and private schools to develop a cardiac emergency response plan in accordance with guidelines set by the American Heart Association or other nationally recognized, evidence-based standards. The plan must address responding to incidents involving an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening emergency either at school or at a school-sponsored activity or event, provide staff with Information on hands-only CPR and use of AEDs, and more.
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Illinois schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Indiana
State-Specific Legislation (7)
Requires discipline rules adopted by the governing body of a school corporation to prohibit bullying and include a detailed procedure for expedited investigation of bullying incidents, including provisions for anonymous and personal reporting of bullying to a teacher or other school staff, amongst other requirements.
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House Bill 1016
Requires every county to have a school safety commission comprised of certain members by December 31, 2023. These commissions shall coordinate and make recommendations for implementing best practices and procedures related to the use of critical incidence digital mapping, proposals for identifying and assessing children at risk of a mental or behavioral health crisis, methods to improve communications among agencies that work with children, and more.
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House Bill 1104
Amends the Indiana Code concerning education by adding requirements to the school safety plans that school corporations and charter schools must develop. These added requirements include establishing a multi-disciplinary threat assessment team, an armed intruder drill protocol, protection against outside and internal threats to the physical safety of the school community, and more.
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House Bill 1515
Requires school corporations, charter schools, and state-accredited nonpublic schools to develop venue-specific emergency action plans for sudden cardiac arrest that include elements recommended by a nationally recognized evidence-based program.
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Requires schools to ensure that any employee with direct, ongoing contact with students completes training on child abuse and neglect. The training must follow state board guidelines and counts toward required professional development hours for school staff.
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Requires schools to keep a student’s seizure plan on file and have the school nurse create an individual health plan. A nurse or nurse-approved designee must be available to carry it out during the school day and at school events. While training for the designee isn’t explicitly required, we recommend it to ensure safe and effective care.
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Amended by SB 447, requires schools to provide child abuse and child sexual abuse education programs in kindergarten through grade 12.
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Indiana schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Iowa
State-Specific Legislation (4)
House Bill 835 — Deadline: See below for more details
Requires that beginning with the 2025–2026 school year, each public and accredited nonpublic school must have at least one trained employee at each school who can administer seizure medications and assist with vagus nerve stimulation. By December 31, 2026, all school personnel must be trained to recognize seizures and respond with appropriate first aid. Staff responsible for student supervision must complete this seizure training every two years.
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House File 2652
Allows Iowa school districts to purchase, install, and operate mobile panic alert systems that are capable of connecting different emergency services technologies and integrating with local public safety answering point infrastructure and existing land mobile radio platform technology.
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Iowa Code 232.69
Updated by HF 2404 in 2024, requires mandatory reporters to complete state-provided training on identifying and reporting child abuse within six months of starting their job, and then repeat the training every three years. Employers must give new hires a summary of reporting requirements within one month.
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Senate File 583
Allows school district boards and leaders of accredited nonpublic schools to establish multidisciplinary school safety assessment teams. If formed, these teams are responsible for coordinating resources and intervening when a student displays behavior that may pose a threat to the safety of the school, its staff, or other students.
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Iowa schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Kansas
State-Specific Legislation (2)
Requires all accredited education systems to have written policies ensuring annual training for all employees on how to recognize and report suspected child abuse or neglect. Schools must also keep documentation showing each employee has completed the training every year.
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Requires school districts to provide a communication system that allows information sharing between the school district, law enforcement, and other first responders. Additionally, districts shall have a crisis plan including procedures for admitting outside individuals into district facilities, securing school buildings during emergencies, and evacuation plans, reunification plans, routes, and sites in case of emergency.
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Kansas schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Kentucky
State-Specific Legislation (5)
Requires all certified school district and public charter school employees to complete at least one hour of self-study review on seizure disorders within 12 months of hire and at least once every four years thereafter.
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Requires all school administrators, certified staff, office staff, instructional assistants, coaches, and extracurricular sponsors to complete approved training on child abuse and neglect within 90 days of being hired and every two years after. These training courses must be evidence-informed, online or in-person, and include a quiz or assessment to confirm understanding.
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Requires district school safety coordinators to designate a threat assessment team at each school, comprised of school administrators, counselors, teachers, and other school personnel.
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Established the School Mapping Data Program, which was overseen and administered by the Center for School Safety until amended by House Bill 652, transferring responsibility to the Kentucky 911 Services Board. The data developed through the program must meet specified criteria and be shared with relevant stakeholders for use during emergencies and drills.
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Requires local school districts to provide an anonymous reporting tool that allows users to supply information about unsafe, potentially harmful, dangerous, violent, or criminal activities, or a threat of these activities, to public safety agencies and school officials. Districts may use the tool provided by the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security or a tool of their choice that satisfies certain requirements. Training and awareness on the use of the chosen tool is also required.
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Kentucky schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Louisiana
State-Specific Legislation (6)
CHC 603, 603.1, and 609 — Compliance Period: June 1–August 31 (annually)
Mandates that all teaching and child care providers must complete an annual online mandatory reporter training provided by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Employers are responsible for collecting and keeping records of who has completed the training and maintaining a list of anyone who hasn’t.
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Requires all public schools, including charter schools, to provide age-appropriate instruction on child assault awareness and prevention. The content must be integrated into an existing course and focus on what abuse or assault is and how students can safely and confidentially report it to a school official.
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HR 333
Urges Louisiana public school governing authorities and employees to comply with and enforce the state’s existing bullying laws. It also requires that the bullying prohibition and prevention programs required by R.S. 17:416.14 ensure each student, their parent or guardian, and school personnel, including volunteers, are aware of their duties to prevent and stop bullying. The programs shall also provide a process for reporting and investigating alleged incidents of bullying incidents, amongst other requirements.
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Requires the Department of Education to develop or approve two online training courses on seizure recognition and first aid—one for school nurses and one for school employees who regularly interact with students who have seizure plans.
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RS § 17:416.13
Requires the governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school to adopt a student code of conduct for the students in the schools under its jurisdiction. Policies prohibiting bullying shall be adopted and incorporated into the student code of conduct and shall be integrated with a school’s curriculum, discipline policies, and other violence prevention efforts.
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RS § 17:416.14
Requires each elementary and secondary school to institute a program to prohibit and prevent bullying. The program shall, among other requirements, provide a process for reporting and investigating alleged incidents of bullying. School personnel who witness or learn of bullying must report it, and schools must investigate these reports within required timelines. The law also requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt rules requiring approved nonpublic schools to implement comparable bullying policies.
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Louisiana schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Maine
State-Specific Legislation (4)
Chapter 125 Public Law
Amends 20-A MRSA §1001, sub-§15, ¶F to require student codes of conduct to establish policies and procedures to identify, assess, and intervene with students who may pose a violent threat to themselves or others within the school community.
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Requires schools to employ at least one person trained to administer or assist with seizure medications. The training must cover seizure recognition and response, following national epilepsy guidelines. School employees required to complete professional development must also complete at least one hour of annual self-study on seizure disorders.
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Requires teachers, school staff, bus drivers, nurses, and others in caregiving roles to complete state-approved mandated reporter training at least once every 4 years.
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Requires all public preschools and elementary schools to adopt a written policy on child sexual abuse prevention education and response, starting in the 2017–2018 school year. The policy must align with the state model policy developed by the commissioner.
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Maine schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Maryland
State-Specific Legislation (5)
Requires all public and state-funded nonpublic schools to provide annual training for employees on preventing, identifying, and reporting child sexual abuse.
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Required the subcabinet on or before 9/1/2018 to develop a model policy for the establishment of an assessment team or teams in each local school system. The model policy must include procedures for school community members or others to report concerning behaviors that may pose a threat to the safety of an individual attending or working in a public school. Policies regarding anonymous reporting of these concerns must also be included.
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House Bill 416
Prohibits active shooter drills/training from including loud sounds imitating gunfire or explosions, role-playing exercises, or similar activities that could be traumatic for students and staff. It also requires each school system to provide parents with the annual schedule of active shooter drills and trainings at the start of the school year, announce drills and trainings to participants in advance, notify parents afterwards, and more.
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Requires all public schools to have at least two staff trained to recognize seizures, give first aid, and, if approved by a school nurse, assist with seizure medications or vagus nerve stimulation. Every two years, all school staff with direct student contact must receive a brief seizure response training.
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Requires districts to adopt a process for regular assessment and intervention if an individual exhibits behavior that may pose a threat to others; standards for timely response and coordination among assessment team members; and procedures for referring an individual for evaluation, services, or treatment.
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Maryland schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Massachusetts
State-Specific Legislation (1)
Requires all professionally licensed mandated reporters to complete training on how to recognize and report suspected child abuse and neglect.
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Massachusetts schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Michigan
State-Specific Legislation (5)
House Bill 4095 — Compliance Deadline: 2026-27 school year
Requires public and nonpublic schools to implement the standardized response terminology described in House Bill 4096. The terminology must include direction for usage in response to certain situations, and a color-coding system to indicate when to use the terminology.
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House Bill 5549 — Compliance Deadline: 10/1/2026
Requires the board of a school district or intermediate school district, board of directors of a public-school academy, or governing body of a nonpublic school to ensure each school under their jurisdiction has a behavior threat assessment and management team in place.
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Appropriates $310M in FY 2026–2027 for school safety and mental health (31aa): up to $100M for student mental health, up to $200M for student safety, and $10M from the General Fund to support both. If needed, an additional $11M from the General Pupil Support Reserve Fund is appropriated to fully fund reimbursements of up to $7M for mental health and up to $14M for school safety at nonpublic schools.
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Requires school boards to adopt and implement anti-bullying policies that prohibit bullying and cyberbullying, include procedures for reporting, investigating, and documenting incidents, reporting verified incidents and resulting consequences to the board, and ensuring confidentiality for those who report. The law also encourages annual training on bullying prevention, identification, response, and reporting.
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Amended by HB 4120 (2023), requires the state to create comprehensive training materials for mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect. Employers must provide these materials to their mandated reporters or offer their own annually updated training based on the state’s materials.
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Michigan schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Minnesota
State-Specific Legislation (4)
House File 2433 — Deadline: See below for more details
Requires school district and charter school boards to adopt a policy implementing an anonymous tip reporting system by June 30, 2027. By July 1, 2028, districts and charter schools must implement either a local anonymous threat reporting system or the statewide anonymous threat reporting system. The bill appropriates $4 million to support system adoption and $1 million for staffing and operating costs related to threat assessment and investigations.
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Doesn’t require maltreatment training, but it’s taken into account by investigating agencies when deciding whether a school is responsible for a case of abuse or neglect. If a report is made, they’ll look at whether the school provided training, if the employee completed it, and how well the school supervised and supported staff.
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Requires school districts and charter schools must provide self-study materials on seizure signs, symptoms, medications, and appropriate responses to licensed school nurses—or, if unavailable, a professional nurse or designated individual—and to any school staff working with students.
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Statute 121A.241 — Compliance Start: 2026-2027 school year
Requires Minnesota school districts and charter schools to develop a cardiac emergency response plan consistent with the MDE’s model plan for cardiac emergencies on school property. The plan must meet minimum requirements, including establishing response teams, placing AEDs on school grounds, conducting annual drills for staff and students, and outlining how staff must respond to cardiac emergencies during school-sponsored activities.
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Minnesota schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Mississippi
State-Specific Legislation (2)
Requires that, beginning July 1, 2025, each public school with a student or staff member who has a seizure disorder and has been prescribed an FDA-approved seizure medication must have at least one employee trained to administer or assist with self-administration of that medication.
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States that school districts may adopt an “Erin’s Law Awareness” policy as part of their school safety plan. While not required, the policy can include training for school staff on recognizing and responding to child sexual abuse, as well as efforts to increase awareness among teachers, students, and parents.
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Mississippi schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Missouri
State-Specific Legislation (3)
Amended by HB 505 (2014), requires all school districts and charter schools to implement annual training for school employees who are mandatory reporters. The training must include how to identify signs of child sexual abuse, recognize potentially abusive adult-child relationships, and understand mandatory reporting laws—including the duty to report abuse by other mandated reporters.
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Requires all school staff to complete seizure care training every two years. Training must be coordinated by the school nurse or administrator and follow approved guidelines from a Missouri-based epilepsy organization.
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Senate Bill 68
Includes requirements related to responding to cardiac arrest and other life-threatening emergencies, staff training in CPR and AED use, annual cardiac emergency response drills, procedures for reporting school safety incidents and credible threats, updated staff training components, and active shooter exercises.
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Missouri schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Montana
State-Specific Legislation (2)
Requires a board of trustees to identify local hazards within its school district and incorporate drills addressing those hazards into its safety plan or emergency operations plan. The plan must address communications systems and threat assessment practices, including adoption of a threat assessment protocol and threat assessment team composed of key staff that meets monthly.
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Encourages the Office of Public Instruction to create model policies and procedures for schools on child sexual abuse awareness, prevention, response, and reporting. While adoption is voluntary, these models may include training components on recognizing warning signs, prevention strategies, how to respond, and available support services for victims.
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Montana schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Nebraska
State-Specific Legislation (1)
Provides guidance for providers of child care and school-age-care programs. Providers are required to take preservice orientation and at least four (4) hours of annual inservice training, including the topic of child abuse.
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Nebraska schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Nevada
State-Specific Legislation (2)
Allows a student who is a victim, witness, or has information about bullying, cyberbullying, or discrimination under NRS 388.135 to report it to a school employee or volunteer, through the 24-hour hotline or website maintained by the Office for a Safe and Respectful Learning Environment, or through a school or district hotline or website if available.
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Requires employers and schools to inform certain new employees and volunteers of their role as mandatory reporters of child abuse. They must do this in writing or electronically, collect a signed acknowledgment, and keep a copy on file for as long as the person is employed or volunteering.
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Nevada schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
New Hampshire
State-Specific Legislation (1)
Requires schools to provide child sexual abuse prevention training to all employees who must undergo a criminal background check, including coaches. The training must cover warning signs of abuse and mandatory reporting requirements, be completed within 30 days of hire, and be renewed every two years.
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New Hampshire schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
New Jersey
State-Specific Legislation (4)
A4075/3229
Effective July 2023, requires school districts and charter and renaissance schools throughout New Jersey to develop and adopt a policy for establishing multidisciplinary threat assessment teams.
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A764 (Alyssa’s Law)
Requires all public elementary and secondary schools to be equipped with a panic alarm for use in a school security emergency. The bill also requires schools to be equipped with a red emergency light that turns on when the panic alarm is activated.
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Requires school districts to train all employees, volunteers, and interns on how to recognize and report suspected child abuse, neglect, or missing children. This training must be part of new hire orientation and cover the district’s policies and procedures for reporting to child welfare authorities.
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Requires school boards to ensure all school staff—including those involved in after-school programs—are trained to recognize and respond to epilepsy and seizure disorders.
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New Jersey schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
New Mexico
State-Specific Legislation (1)
Requires all licensed school personnel, including substitute teachers and support staff, to complete training on detecting and reporting child abuse or neglect within their first year of employment or service.
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New Mexico schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
New York
State-Specific Legislation (3)
Requires all teachers, administrators, school staff, and contracted school bus drivers hired after July 1, 2019, to complete two hours of training on identifying and reporting child abuse and maltreatment within 30 days of employment. Schools must also have an ongoing training program covering abuse reporting procedures for both new and current staff, including aides, therapists, counselors, and school resource officers.
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S.7132B (Alyssa’s Law)
Requires district-wide school safety teams to consider the installation of a panic alarm system as part of their reviews of the comprehensive district-wide safety plan. These systems may include wired or wireless buttons, as well as mobile or computer apps.
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Requires each nonpublic elementary and secondary school to adopt an anti-bullying and harassment policy, including definitions; reporting, investigation, and documentation procedures; and an age-appropriate process for notifying the victim of the final outcome of an investigation. School leadership must promptly investigate reports, share findings with the victim, and take follow-up action to stop the conduct and ensure student safety.
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New York schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
North Carolina
State-Specific Legislation (5)
Requires public schools to provide annual student training on child abuse and neglect, including age-appropriate sexual abuse awareness, starting in the 2024–2025 school year. Schools must give students in grades 6–12 a document at the start of the year, posters in visible school areas, and a video shown within the first five days of school.
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Requires the governing body of each public secondary school to develop and operate an anonymous tip line. Governing bodies may choose the statewide anonymous reporting system or one of their own choosing so long as it meets the standards and guidelines developed by the DPI.
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Requires all school personnel working with K–12 students to complete two hours of training on child sexual abuse and sex trafficking in even-numbered years, starting with the 2020–2021 school year.
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Senate Bill 257
Requires the establishment of the FY26-27 School Safety Grants Program and allocates $4M for cardiac emergency response training and AEDs in each public school. It also requires the development of cardiac emergency response plans that include response teams, CPR and AED training, and annual drills; the establishment of a Critical Incident School Mapping Program; and requires each public school unit to provide mapping data to local law enforcement and the Division of Emergency Management.
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House Bill 605
Requires all public-school units to establish threat assessment teams beginning with the 2024-2025 school year.
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North Carolina schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
North Dakota
State-Specific Legislation (1)
Requires public or nonpublic school teachers, administrators, librarians, and counselors to complete mandated reporter training prior to initial licensure. Documentation must be submitted to the education standards and practices board verifying completion of training. Subsequent mandated reporter training may be offered at the district level by a college, school, or regional education association.
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North Dakota schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Ohio
State-Specific Legislation (6)
Requires schools to provide annual, age-appropriate instruction on child sexual abuse prevention for students in grades K–6, including information on counseling and resources.
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Requires any school district, chartered and nonchartered nonpublic school, community school, STEM school, and college-preparatory boarding school that elects to obtain and maintain a supply of overdose reversal drugs for use in emergencies to have its board of education adopt and implement a policy regarding the supply’s maintenance and the drug’s use. Among other requirements, the policy must include a description of any related training that school employees or contractors must complete. The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce will release a model policy for schools to use by 8/1/2026.
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Requires each local, city, exempted village, and joint vocational school district to register with the SaferOH tip line operated by the Department of Public Safety or enter into an agreement with an anonymous reporting program of the district’s choosing.
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Requires each school building to 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 by October 3, 2025, or within 90 days of hire if employed after that date.
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ORC § 3737.07 — Effective Date: October 9, 2026
Requires each school governing authority to 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.
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Requires each local, city, exempted village, and joint vocational school district to create a threat assessment team for each school building in the district that serves grades 6-12. Each team member shall complete an approved threat assessment training program upon appointment and once every 3 years thereafter.
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Ohio schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Oklahoma
State-Specific Legislation (6)
Requires each district board of education to adopt a policy for the discipline of children attending public schools within the district, and for the investigation of reported incidents of bullying. The policy shall contain a procedure for reporting an act of bullying to a school official or law enforcement agency, including a provision that allows a person to report anonymously.
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Requires each school to have at least one employee trained to recognize seizures, respond with appropriate first aid, and administer or assist with the self-administration of FDA-approved seizure medications.
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Requires Oklahoma school districts to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting emergency service technologies, integrating with public safety answering point infrastructure, and providing emergency responders with vital information such as floor plans and caller location.
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Requires all certified teachers to complete training on child abuse and neglect, child sexual abuse, proper reporting procedures, and available resources during their first year of employment and once every five years thereafter as part of district professional development programs.
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OAC 210:30-5-1
Requires all Oklahoma public schools to conduct school bus evacuation drills twice each school year. Drill reporting is required for all public schools and encouraged for all other schools in the state.
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Title 70, Section 5-148 and Section 5-149 of the Oklahoma State Statutes
Requires no less than 4 security drills per school with 1 of these drills being performed within the first 15 days of each semester. No less than 2 tornado drills, 2 fire drills and 2 other drills per school year are also required.
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Oklahoma schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Oregon
State-Specific Legislation (3)
Requires school districts to adopt a child sexual abuse prevention program for K–12 students. The program must include professional training for school staff on how to teach prevention techniques, recognize the effects of abuse, respond to disclosures, and fulfill mandatory reporting duties.
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Amends ORS 336.071 by requiring school governing bodies to consider the installation of a panic alarm system. The bill also requires every school to have emergency safeguards including drills and instruction on emergency response procedures covering fires, earthquakes and tsunamis, and other safety threats.
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Requires annual training for school employees on the prevention and identification of abuse and sexual conduct, mandatory reporting responsibilities, and appropriate electronic communication with students. Contractors, volunteers, and parents must receive related information each year, and students must also be provided with age-appropriate training to help prevent abuse and sexual conduct.
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Oregon schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Pennsylvania
State-Specific Legislation (5)
Requires Pennsylvania schools to establish at least one team to assess interventions for students whose behavior may indicate a threat to themselves, school facilities, or others. The chief school administrator, or a designee, shall annually facilitate opportunities for team members to complete training consistent with nationally recognized best practices.
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Requires contracts between school entities or nonpublic schools and providers of school mapping services funded in whole or in part with Commonwealth funds to meet certain requirements. Maps must integrate with and being viewable within software used by emergency service agencies without requiring additional software or access fees; be available in printable and electronically shareable formats; be oriented to true north with consistent “x” and “y” coordinates; and more.
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Requires school employees and contractors who have direct contact with children to complete at least 3 hours of training every 5 years on recognizing and reporting child abuse and sexual misconduct.
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Allows school nurses and staff who work directly with students to take free, approved seizure training that counts toward continuing education.
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House Bill 1505
Allocates millions of dollars for the School Safety and Mental Health Grants and the Targeted School Safety Grants in the 2026-2027 fiscal year. Additionally, it permits the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to use unexpended, uncommitted, or unencumbered funds to train school safety stakeholders and provide technical assistance. The bill also contains requirements related to cyberbullying policies, bullying and cyberbullying reporting, school mapping services, student wellness checks, and more.
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Pennsylvania schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Rhode Island
State-Specific Legislation (4)
Requires each local school board or committee to adopt policies for the establishment of threat assessment teams, including the assessment of and intervention with individuals whose behavior may pose a threat to the safety of students or staff. Each superintendent is responsible for establishing teams at each school to implement these policies.
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Requires school safety plans to address prevention, mitigation, response and recovery, including strategies for improving communication such as establishing anonymous reporting mechanisms for school violence.
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In Rhode Island, all persons are considered mandated reporters. This means anyone who has reasonable cause to suspect or know that a child has been abused or neglected, or is a victim of sexual abuse by another child, is required by law to report it to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) within 24 hours. Training staff helps ensure they’re prepared to fulfill this obligation.
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S2950
Requires school personnel and students to participate in annual crisis response training and drills, effective 8/1/2025. The law also requires 6 fire drills to be conducted, with 2 of these drills including at least one or more blocked off stairways or exits. Additionally, school safety plans must include protocols for responding to swatting and procedures for students and staff to prepare for and participate in emergency drills.
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Rhode Island schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
South Carolina
State-Specific Legislation (2)
Mandates that school districts and charter schools provide seizure training aligned with epilepsy nonprofit guidelines, covering seizure recognition, response, and medication administration.
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Requires the Department of Social Services to provide ongoing training for mandatory reporters, which includes school staff, on recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect.
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South Carolina schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
South Dakota
State-Specific Legislation (1)
All school personnel, including teachers, school counselors and school officials, are considered mandated reporters. Training staff helps ensure they’re prepared to fulfill this obligation.
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South Dakota schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Tennessee
State-Specific Legislation (4)
Requires district-wide and building-level school safety teams to consider incorporating a mobile panic alert system into their respective safety plans. These systems must be capable of connecting diverse emergency services technologies and integrating with local public safety answering point infrastructure.
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House Bill 1550 — Effective Date: July 1, 2026
Intends for public and nonpublic schools to be prepared to treat allergic reactions. Schools may maintain epinephrine and it is recommended that it be in a form that can be administered to a student experiencing a life-threatening allergic or anaphylactic reaction, and stored in at least two unlocked, secure locations. School nurses or other trained personnel may administer the epinephrine if the student does not have a personal supply or a prescription on file.
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Requires all public school and charter school employees who work directly with students to complete annual training on child abuse, child sexual abuse, and human trafficking. Schools must also report their compliance each year to the Department of Education.
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Allows trained volunteer school staff to give emergency anti-seizure medication if a nurse can’t respond in time. At least one full-time employee at each school must receive annual training in seizure safety and first aid in order to be equipped for seizure-related emergencies. A nurse must provide annual training and CPR instruction, and volunteers’ skills must be documented.
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Tennessee schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Texas
State-Specific Legislation (12)
House Bill 2
Increases the School Safety Allotment funding from $10 per ADA and $15,000 per eligible campus to $20 per ADA, plus an additional increase of $1 for each student in ADA per every $50 by which the district’s maximum Basic Allotment exceeds $6,160 (total $21.10 per ADA) and $33,540 per eligible campus, which will be applied automatically going forward. It also requires administrators or threat assessment and safe and supportive school teams to promptly notify all teaching staff of any threat, including its existence, nature, and other pertinent details needed to ensure the safety of students and staff.
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Requires school district employees to complete an evidence-based mental health training program; each school district and open-enrollment charter school to provide campus and building maps to the DPS, law enforcement agencies, and emergency first responders; and more.
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House Bill 33
Requires each school district or public junior college district to adopt and implement a multi-hazard EOP for use in the district’s facilities. The plan must include measures to ensure the use of the standardized response protocol terminology, to facilitate communication between law enforcement, emergency services, district employees, and the public.
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House Bill 121
Adds clarification to existing school safety requirements for schools across Texas. The law now requires EOPs to address reunification and provide measures to ensure substitute teachers are provided emergency response training and access to a telephone or other electronic communication device for immediate contact with first responders in an emergency. Additionally, a school system’s emergency response mapping must be provided to every applicable emergency service district.
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Senate Bill 57
Requires the commissioner to establish rules and guidelines for accommodating students with IEPs or 504 plans during mandatory school drills. These accommodations must be documented in each district’s multi-hazard emergency operations plan (EOP) by June 1, 2026. School districts are required to follow these guidelines and school safety and security committees must develop and implement emergency plans reflecting campus-specific needs, including the required accommodations.
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Requires the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each open enrollment charter or private school to adopt a policy and any necessary procedures concerning bullying, including procedures for a student, parent, teacher, or administrator to anonymously report an incident of bullying, investigating a reported incident of bullying, and determining whether the reported incident occurred.
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Requires school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to provide silent panic alert technology in classrooms beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.
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Requires each school district and private school to develop and implement a cardiac emergency response plan that establishes safety procedures for district or school employees or other appropriate personnel. The plan must include, among other requirements, ongoing training in first aid, CPR, and the use of AEDs that incorporates evidence-based guidelines, as well as practice drills for responding to cardiac arrest–related emergencies.
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Texas Administrative Code §61.1031
Requires exterior school doors to remain closed, latched, and locked during the school day, with limited exceptions. Doors must automatically close and engage locking hardware after entry or egress while allowing emergency egress from the inside when locked. School systems must also conduct weekly inspections to verify exterior doors are closed, latched, and locked and cannot be opened from the outside without a key.
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Requires the board of trustees of each school district to establish a threat assessment and safe and supportive school team to serve at each campus. Each campus shall establish a procedure for students to report concerning behavior for assessment by the team or other appropriate school employees.
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Requires school nurses and staff with regular student contact to complete approved seizure training. Nurses must take a course on seizure management; other staff must complete seizure awareness training.
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Requires school districts and charter schools to provide training for staff as part of their policies on preventing child sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and other maltreatment. Training must be included in new employee orientation.
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Texas schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Utah
State-Specific Legislation (6)
Requires the state security chief, in consultation with the School Safety Center, to create rules requiring LEAs and schools to develop emergency preparedness plans and emergency response plans that include developmentally appropriate training for students and adults regarding active threats, emergency preparedness, cardiac emergency preparedness, required drills, and standard response protocols coordinated with community stakeholders.
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House Bill 40
Effective May 7, 2025, updates school safety requirements to include a mandate for school safety needs assessments to identify schools’ and K-12 campuses’ needs and deficiencies related to cardiac emergency preparedness, including current staff training offerings. It also requires that lead teachers in every classroom be equipped with wearable panic alert devices that communicate directly with public safety answering points (PSAPs), expanding on the previous requirement, which only mandated a device for one staff member.
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House Bill 61
Requires the State Board, in conjunction with the Department of Public Safety, to develop and provide to LEAs a model critical incident response training program that includes protocols for threat assessments, building security, standardized response protocol terminology, safety drills, and more. Additionally, every public primary and secondary school must conduct a threat assessment following the state-developed protocols.
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House Bill 84 (Alyssa’s Law)
Requires LEAs to provide a staff person in each classroom with a wearable panic alert device that allows for immediate contact with emergency services or emergency services agencies, law enforcement agencies, health departments, and fire departments.
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Requires school districts and charter schools to provide training every three years on child sexual abuse and human trafficking prevention. Training must be given to school personnel on how to respond to disclosures, identify at-risk students, and fulfill mandatory reporting laws.
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Requires seizure training every three years for school staff who work with students with epilepsy. Training covers recognition and first aid and follows state-approved, nationally aligned guidelines.
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Utah schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Vermont
State-Specific Legislation (3)
Requires districts and independent schools to develop and implement a policy and procedures for behavioral threat assessment teams consistent with the Secretary’s model policy. Certain school entities must ensure annual best practices and bias training and, beginning July 1, 2027, annually report BTA data to the Agency.
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Requires school boards and governing bodies of independent schools to ensure that all school employees receive training or orientation on preventing, identifying, and reporting child sexual abuse and sexual violence.
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Includes requirements related to conducting options-based response drills, including fire drills, at each school site in the Fall and Spring of each academic year, reporting the completion of these biannual drills to the Agency of Education (AOE), adopting access control and visitor management policies, using BTA teams for preventing targeted violence against schools and school communities, providing channels/mechanisms to report threatening behavior, and more. Furthermore, BTA teams shall receive annual training on various BTA-related topics and submit data related to the BTA program to the AOE.
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Vermont schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Virginia
State-Specific Legislation (4)
Requires a study in child abuse recognition and intervention for anyone seeking initial teacher licensure as well as license renewal.
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Requires all school nurses and school employees who regularly interact with students to complete a Board of Education-approved online seizure training every two years.
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Allows school boards to provide employees in public elementary and secondary school buildings with wearable panic alarm systems. These systems shall be worn on the user’s body and allow the user to manually activate a device that sends a signal to the local 9-1-1 public safety answering point indicating an emergency requiring immediate response and a multisensory schoolwide school security emergency notification, when appropriate.
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Requires each local school board to adopt policies for the establishment of threat assessment teams, including the assessment of and intervention of individuals whose behavior may pose a threat to the safety of students and staff. New members must complete initial training and refresher training is required of all members every three years.
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Virginia schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Washington
State-Specific Legislation (5)
Require all LEAs to have school-based threat assessment programs and teams. Assessments conducted may lead to a specific plan for supervision, development of an individual accountability plan, linkage to social-skill building programs, and other support systems in the community.
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House Bill 1941
Effective June 9, 2022, outlines requirements for school safety drills. Under this law, at least one safety-related drill must be conducted each month. Shelter-in-place, lockdown, and evacuation responses must be covered, and active shooter scenarios are prohibited.
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Requires school boards to designate a licensed health professional to coordinate care for students with epilepsy and train appropriate school staff. Parent-designated caregivers must also receive or show proof of seizure care training, which may come from national epilepsy organizations.
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Requires all certificated and classified school employees to receive training on their mandatory reporting responsibilities during new hire orientation and every three years after.
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Requires school districts to work collaboratively with local law enforcement agencies, public safety answering points (PSAPs), and safety and security staff to develop an emergency response system. School districts will be required to submit a report documenting their progress on the implementation of an emergency response system to The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction by October 1, 2025.
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Washington schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
West Virginia
State-Specific Legislation (6)
Requires each county board to establish a policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying. Each policy must include a procedure for reporting prohibited incidents, a procedure for documenting any prohibited incident that is reported, and more.
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House Bill 3166 — Effective Date: 9/1/2026
Requires each county board of education to create standardized school safety mapping data that meets certain requirements.
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Permits wearable panic alert system devices to be implemented at every public school in the state, contingent upon available funding. Each device shall be capable of integrating with local PSAP infrastructure, allowing for immediate contact with local emergency response agencies, and initiating a campus-wide lockdown notification. Staff provided a device shall be trained on its protocol and usage before the first day of school each year, and county boards shall ensure security data, including school maps, is accessible to local law-enforcement.
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Requires schools to train designated staff on seizure types, characteristics, and management. Certified school nurses or licensed health providers must oversee the training, which may include instruction on administering medication or other treatments if prescribed.
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Requires public school employees are required to have four hours of training on child abuse prevention, child sexual abuse and recognizing and responding to suspected abuse and neglect upon employment. Skills renewal training is required every three years. Certificates of completion shall be issued to the employee as well as the employer. Children in grades K-12 are required to have age-appropriate body safety training at least once per year, with a preference of four times per year.
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Requires county boards of education, depending on funding, to establish programs for students, parents, and school personnel on the prevention of child abuse and neglect and child assault.
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West Virginia schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Wisconsin
State-Specific Legislation (2)
Requires any person listed under § 48.981(2)(a)—such as teachers, administrators, counselors, and others—along with court-appointed special advocates and clergy members, to report if during their professional duties, they believe in good faith that someone has made a threat of violence in or targeted at a school that poses a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of students, school employees, or the public.
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Requires all school district employees to complete state-provided training on identifying child abuse and neglect, and on the laws for reporting abuse and threats of violence. The training must be completed within six months of hire and at least once every five years thereafter.
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Wisconsin schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
Wyoming
State-Specific Legislation (2)
Requires each school district to adopt a policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying at school. The policy must include procedures for reporting and documenting acts of harassment, intimidation, or bullying, including a provision for reporting anonymously. The procedures must also identify the appropriate personnel responsible for receiving a report and investigating a complaint.
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Requires schools to provide training to teachers and other school district employees. These trainings must include instructional methods relating to the provisions of W.S. 21-9-104, child abuse or neglect reporting requirements specified in W.S. 14-3-205 and methods to respond to a student’s disclosure of sexual abuse in a supportive and appropriate manner.
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Wyoming schools are also subject to federal school safety legislation, including Title IX, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. See Federal Legislation Applicable to All States for details.
