Resources

Resources

• Post-9/11 Issues Affecting School Districts [PPT 623,104kb]
  2004 COSA Advocacy Seminar presentation, by Maree F. Sneed and John W. Borkowski, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
  
• Terrorism: The Implications for Our Schools [PDF 493,852kb]
  A production of the Missourri School Boards Association in joint cooperation with Missouri Public Television and the Missouri Office of Homeland Security.
  
• Court Allows Preventive Detention to Avert School Violence [PDF 96,657kb]
  Inquiry & Analysis, January 2002, Article
  
• NSBA Guidelines: Disciplining Students for Serious Offenses [PDF 120,282kb]
  Inquiry & Analysis, January 2002, Article
  
• Resources on homeland security and emergency preparedness [HTML 3,900kb]
• 911!
  A California School Boards Association publication. Provides guidance on how to respond to media during a school crisis.
  
• A School Law Primer: Part II
  Update your law library with the second part of this training tool from the NSBA Council of School Attorneys. Created to meet the needs of the attorneys who serve public school districts and those of the school community at large. Intended as a resource to help you keep your clients out of court, this school law training manual covers such topics as: employee rights, negligence, school safety and sexual harassment(click on each topic for chapter contents and sample PowerPoint¸ slides) Each chapter consists of three main components -- a presentation outline and case summaries; participant 'notes pages;' and a diskette containing Microsoft Powerpoint ¸ slides that correspond to the outline. This publication will save you hundreds of hours in research time, help when you have been called upon to do a presentation -- and need to have the material right at your fingertips, and be a valuable resource for training new associates and clients. Order No. 06-175-W. ISBN 0-88364-234-4(List $400.00, National Affiliates and Council Members $320.00)
  
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2003
  This report provides the most recent national indicators on school crime and safety from the National Center for Education Statistics.
  
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2004
  A joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics, this annual report examines crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school.
  
• Protecting Our Children
  A California School Boards Association publication. Suggests strategies to promote school safety.
  
• Safe Schools, Safe Communities
  Emphasizing the need for cooperation to prevent and respond to violence at school, this NSBA Council of School Attorneys publication examines how schools and communities can work together to make our schools safe. Among the topics discussed are the need to balance school safety needs and the rights of individual students, how to deal with threats of violence, the role of the school attorney in response to violence, and how to work with the media in times of crisis. Also included are other helpful materials such as sample interagency agreements, a list of other resources on school safety, warning signs that should trigger school response and sample policies. 98 pages. Order No. 06-177-W. ISBN 0-88364-238-7(List $25.00, National Affiliates and Council Members $20.00)
  
• School Safety and School Security
  National School Safety and Security Services is a Cleveland (Ohio)-based, national school safety consulting firm specializing in: school security assessments; school safety and school emergency/crisis training; school crisis planning and emergency plan evaluations; and related school safety consultant services for K-12 schools.