Active Threat for Schools Toolkit | Texas School Safety Center

Welcome to the Texas School Safety Center's Active Threat for Schools Toolkit. This toolkit includes resources from multiple organizations and agencies to assist you with accomplishing multi-hazard emergency operations planning for your school district, open-enrollment charter school, or junior college. Below, you will find a link to the Active Threat for Schools Annex course, a list of annex and appendix documents, trainings, additional resources, and tabletop exercises. As future research is conducted, resources in this toolkit will be updated.

Online Course

This toolkit supports the Active Threat for Schools Annex online course, linked below, that will assist you with creating your district's Active Threat for Schools Annex using the template created by the Texas School Safety Center.

Active Threat for Schools Annex Course

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Online Course

Table of Contents

Section 1.0: Annex and Appendix Documents

This section includes material found in the Active Threat for Schools Annex online course.

Section 3.0: Additional Resources

This section provides additional resources from the Texas School Safety Center, state, and federal agencies.

Section 4.0: Tabletop Exercises

In August 2025, the Texas School Safety Center, in collaboration with the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), will be offering a full-day Active Threat for Schools tabletop exercise that will be based in a non-shooter scenario.

Online Course

Table of Contents

Section 1.0: Annex and Appendix Documents This section includes material found in the Active Threat for Schools Annex online course.

Section 3.0: Additional Resources This section provides additional resources from the Texas School Safety Center, state, and federal agencies.

Section 4.0: Tabletop Exercises In August 2025, the Texas School Safety Center, in collaboration with the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), will be offering a full-day Active Threat for Schools tabletop exercise that will be based in a non-shooter scenario.

Section 1.0: Annex and Appendix Documents

This section includes material found in the Active Threat for Schools Annex online course.

Section 3.0: Additional Resources

This section provides additional resources from the Texas School Safety Center, state, and federal agencies.

Section 4.0: Tabletop Exercises

In August 2025, the Texas School Safety Center, in collaboration with the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), will be offering a full-day Active Threat for Schools tabletop exercise that will be based in a non-shooter scenario.