Active Threat for Schools Toolkit

3.0 Additional Resources

This section delivers resources from the Texas School Safety Center, key state and federal agencies.

  • Texas School Safety Center Resources

  • After-Action Review Example
    • This document provides an example of a completed after-action review following a fire drill.
  • After-Action Review Template
    • This template is provided to support the completion of after-action reviews. It is considered best practice to conduct an after-action review following every drill, exercise, planned event, and incident.
  • Best Practices for Safety in Portable Instructional Buildings

    This document outlines safety and security best practices developed to assist schools in ensuring student safety and the safety of all persons in portable buildings used for instruction.

  • K-12 Standard Response Protocol Toolkit

    The K-12 Standard Response Protocol (SRP) Toolkit offers guidance and resources for incorporating the Standard Response Protocol into a school safety plan for critical incident response within individual schools in a school district.

  • School Behavioral Threat Assessment Toolkit

    This toolkit introduces the concept of threat assessment and outlines how a threat assessment program functions in a school setting.

  • Texas School Personnel's Guide to Social Media Toolkit

    This toolkit will introduce you to major social media platforms, video games, and relevant trends that are revealing both positive and negative student interactions.

  • State Resources

  • Guidelines for Breaching Tool and Ballistic Shield
    • TEA provides official guidance for breaching tool and ballistic shield to support schools in meeting this state safety requirement. Under HB 33, Texas Education Code ยง37.1171 requires each school district and open enrollment charter to have at least one breaching tool and one ballistic shield on every campus.
  • Guidelines for Multihazard Emergency Operations
    • TEA has established guidelines, for districts to include in their EOPs, to ensure the safety and security of students and staff with disabilities or impairments. Per Texas Education Code, 37.1086(b), districts must follow these guidelines when adopting and implementing their EOP.

  • Federal Resources

    Please Note: While the federal guidance documents below are good resources, they may not correspond exactly with Texas legislative mandates. As a result, adjustments may need to be made to ensure compliance with Texas laws.

  • Averted School Violence Data Collection System

    The Averted School Violence (ASV) reporting system, developed with support from the COPS Office, will allow law enforcement officers, school personnel, and mental health professionals to share "close calls" in order to improve school safety and prevent tragedies.

  • FBI Active Shooter Incidents: 20-Year Review, 2000-2019

    This report encompasses statistical data regarding 333 active shooter incidents in the United States between 2000 and 2019.

  • K-12 School Security Guides and School Security Survey

    Resources available via the link above provide preventive and protective measures to address the threat of gun violence in schools. These documents outline action-oriented security practices and options for consideration. While the primary audience for these resources is the K-12 community, institutions of higher education or pre-K schools may also benefit from the information presented.

  • USSS NTAC Averting Targeted School Violence (2021)

    In this study, the National Threat Assessment Center examined 67 disrupted plots against K-12 schools from 2006-2018. The key findings of the study are clear and consistent: Individuals contemplating violence often exhibit observable behaviors, and when community members report these behaviors, the next tragedy can be averted.

  • USSS NTAC Mass Attacks in Public Spaces (2019)

    This study examines 34 targeted attacks that occurred in public or semi-public spaces (e.g., schools, places of business, houses of worship, open spaces) from January through December 2019.

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