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	June 24, 2009 - Football Coach Dies After Shooting At Iowa High School (wibw.com) June 11, 2009 - No smoking: Vote could bring new limits (msnbc.msn.com) June 11, 2009 - U.S. Senate Casts Historic Vote to Regulate Tobacco Products (tobaccofreekids.org) June 8, 2009 - At Last, Facing Down Bullies (and Their Enablers) (nytimes.com) April 29, 2009 - Alleged bomb plot foiled at Springbrook High School (gazette.net) April 29, 2009 - UIL Schedules Altered Due to Swine Flu (uil.utexas.edu) April 26, 2009 - Gov. Perry Requests Additional Antiviral Medicines From CDC as Precautionary Measure to Address Swine Flu in Texas (governor.state.tx.us) April 26, 2009 - Temporary Closure of All SCUCISD Campuses (scuc.txed.net) April 17, 2009 - School Safety, 10 Years After Columbine (usnews.com) April 16, 2009 - UT students protest gun bill (statesman.com) April 13, 2009 - Post-Columbine programs help prevent rampages (usatoday.com) April 13, 2009 - Kids assaulted on school bus (woai.com) April 10, 2009 - Two killed in Michigan college shooting (woai.com) April 9 , 2009 - Shocking Scenes at U.S.-Mexico Border (abcnews.go.com) April 1, 2009 - Attorney General Abbott Launches Cyber Safety Education Public Service Announcements Statewide (oag.state.tx.us) March 25, 2009 - Report: Few states responding to teen dating violence (cnn.com) March 24, 2009 - Girl stabbed during argument at Fort Worth middle school (star-telegram.com) March 19, 2009 - Texas high school held cage fights, records say (msnbc.com) March 11, 2009 - Teen gunman dead after killing 16 in Germany (news.yahoo.com) March 5, 2009 - How Twitter warned of death threat at St. Louis school (stltoday.com)


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The Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) was created in 1999 by Governor George Bush and authorized by the 77th Texas Legislature in 2001 to serve as a central location for school safety information, and to provide schools with research, training, and technical assistance to reduce youth violence and promote safety in the state. TxSSC is charged to conduct safety training that includes: development of a positive school environment and proactive safety measures to address local concerns, school safety courses for law enforcement officials, assistance for districts in developing a multi-hazard emergency operations plan, security criteria for instructional facilities, and a model safety and security audit procedure for the state. The center also collects school safety data for the state and provides a report to the public.

TSAS Conference | TxSSC Annual Report
Texas Unified School Safety Standards
School Safety Standards - Best Practices
School Safety 2 Day Training Flyer and Program
School Safety Audits | TEC 37.108 FAQs
SOS and COPS Grant Program Application

Swine Flu – From the CDC
How Flu Spreads

The main way that influenza viruses are thought to spread is from person to person in respiratory droplets of coughs and sneezes. This can happen when droplets from a cough or sneeze of an infected person are propelled through the air and deposited on the mouth or nose of people nearby. Influenza viruses may also be spread when a person touches respiratory droplets on another person or an object and then touches their own mouth or nose (or someone else’s mouth or nose) before washing their hands. To learn more, click here. You can also view Swine (North American) Flu Information letter from TEA.

FBI LEEDA Supervisor Leadership Institute

The Longview Police Department in Gregg County, Texas will be hosting the FBI-Law Enforcement Executive Development Association (FBI-LEEDA) Supervisor Leadership Institute during the week of July 13, 2009. Seating is limited.

The FBI-LEEDA Supervisor Leadership Institute is a cutting edge five day program built especially for first-line supervisors and middle managers with the goal of enhancing leadership competencies.

The Supervisor Leadership Institute faculty include senior law enforcement experts on leadership who are committed to passing on their lessons learned. Attendees will be engaged in personality diagnostics, leadership case studies, mentoring, developing your people, performance management, risk management and leadership legacy. This institute is student-centered and rich in facilitated dialogue and group work.

Informational Flyer and Agenda
Registration Form

Two-Day School Safety Training

The Texas School Safety Center is pleased to offer a 2-day school safety training for all Regional Education Service Centers in Texas. This is an exceptional opportunity for educators, administrators, law enforcement officials, university students and personnel to receive current and up-to-date information on various school safety issues.

For more information about the training, contact :
Cynthia J. Arredondo, cj19@txstate.edu or 877.304.2727.

Please click on links below to view upcoming 2 day trainings at the Regional Education Service Centers:

September 16-17, 2009 – El Paso, TX – ESC 19 – 2-Day Training

Training Flyer
Training Program

Texas School Safety Center Trainings

The Texas School Safety Center offers a variety of trainings on topics such as School Safety and Security Audits, EOP, Cyberbullying, Best Practices in School Safety, NIMS/ICS, Gang Awareness and Intervention and many more.

For a complete list of Texas School Safety Center trainings, download the attached School Safety Center Training Flyer.

Texas Unified School Safety Standards and Best Practices

The Texas School Safety Center in collaboration with Texas Education Agency, Harris County Department of Education, and the State Safe and Drug-Free School Initiative at Region VI have developed the Unified Texas School Safety Standards which will help all districts by providing a benchmark to measure school safety efforts. The standards are available for public review and comment online, please click on the following link below:

Texas Unified School Safety Standards

The next step in the Unified School Safety Standards is to collaborate with individuals across Texas to create a document which identifies and outlines best practices.

The best practices are now available for review and comment online, please click on the following link below:

Best Practices

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