Specific Requirements
Each school shall adopt its comprehensive school safety plan by March 1, 2000, and shall review and update its plan by March 1, every year thereafter. Commencing in July 2000, and every July thereafter, each school shall report on the status of its school safety plan, including a description of its key elements, in the annual school accountability report card prepared pursuant to Education Code sections 33126 and 35256.
Education Code Section 32286
Definitions
The dates on which the school safety plan was last reviewed, updated, and discussed with school faculty, as well as a brief description of the key elements included in the plan.
Guidelines and Data Sources
Safe Schools: A Planning Guide for Action, 2002 Edition, provides a two-component model and step-by-step guidance for schools to develop a comprehensive safe school plan. It also reviews the legal requirements and the benefits of safety planning to help schools annually revise and amend their safe school plan. This document is available for purchase from CDE Press's Educational Resources Catalog [http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/rc/index.asp]. Other resources related to school safety planning are available on the California Department of Education (CDE) Violence Prevention [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ss/vp/index.asp] Web page.
Data provided by the local educational agency (LEA).
