Preparedness Resources for Schools

Schools and education agencies cannot prevent natural disasters or even many man-made crises, but they can prepare for and plan to respond to such emergencies. Resources are available to help schools, education agencies, and institutions of higher education develop such plans, usually in collaboration with public health and first responder agencies.

• Emergency Planning
  U.S. Department of Education
• About School Violence
  CDC’s Injury Center
• School Safety and Crisis Resources
  National Association of School Psychologists
• Safe School Facilities
  National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
• Schools and Terrorism: A Supplement to the Report of the National Advisory Committee on Children and Terrorism [pdf 350K]
  This report describes federal activities and gaps as they relate to schools and makes recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
• Biosecurity Checklist for School Foodservice Programs [pdf 440K]
  This checklist was developed by the USDA to help schools strengthen the safety of foodservice operations.
  
• The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States [pdf 200K] and Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates [pdf 1.2Mb]
  The U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Secret Service collaborated to produce these two reports that outline a process for identifying, assessing, and managing students who pose a threat of targeted violence in schools; the reports also provide ideas for creating safe school climates.
• Primer to Design Safe School Projects in Case of Terrorist Attacks
  This FEMA primer provides school designers and administrators with the basic principles and techniques to make a school that is safe from terrorist attacks.
• Legal Preparedness for School Closures in Response to Pandemic Influenza and Other Emergencies
  Developed by the Centers for Law and the Public's Health at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities, in collaboration with the CDC Public Health Law Program, this report presents summaries of state-level laws that expressly address school closure. 

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