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SchoolSafety.gov provides resources, like guidance, training, and fact sheets, to help schools create and maintain a safe learning environment. 

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Guidance
Targeted Violence
Active Shooter Pocket Card

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 2017

This pocket card provides instructions on how to respond when an active shooter is in your vicinity.

Fact Sheet
Targeted Violence
Active Shooter: How to Respond Poster

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 2017

This poster provides instructions on how to respond when an active shooter is in your vicinity.

Webpage
Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Seasonal Flu: Parents: Help Children Fight Flu

Department of Health and Human Services

This webpage provides information and resources for parents to help children fight the flu by getting themselves and their children vaccinated against flu each year.

Webpage
Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Seasonal Flu: Information for Schools & Childcare Providers

Department of Health and Human Services

This webpage provides information, materials, and tools to help reduce the spread of seasonal flu among students and staff in K-12 schools and also links to resources on common flu topics for school administrators, school staff, and parents.

Report
Targeted Violence
SIMEX 20-6 After-Action Report: School Security

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 2020

This report details the key findings and takeaways from the pilot School Security Simulation Experiment (SIMEX). The goal of these findings is to provide data-informed conclusions and recommendations regarding physical and operational security in K-12 schools in the hopes of informing policy and operational decisions at the state, district, and school level.

Report
Targeted Violence
Targeted Violence Averted: College and University Case Studies

Department of Justice, 2020

This report examines eight case studies of incidents in which planned violence targeting institutions of higher education were averted by the potential attackers' peers, school administrators, and other campus safety stakeholders including law enforcement.
Report
Targeted Violence
School Resource Officers: Averted School Violence Special Report

Department of Justice, 2020

This report examines 12 case studies of incidents in which planned violence targeting K-12 schools was averted by the potential attackers' peers, school administrators, and other school safety stakeholders including school resource officers.

Report
Bullying and Cyberbullying
What Do the Data Reveal About Violence in Schools?

Department of Justice, 2020

This report reviews the trends in school violence from the most often cited sources of school safety data and discusses how it can be explored further through additional studies on school shootings and a federal effort to improve federal data and its implications for school safety.

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