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Reports on State Implementation of the Gun-Free Schools Act

School Years 2010-11

April 2013

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School Years 2005–06 and 2006–07

September 2010

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November 2009

School Year 2003-04

April 2007

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School Year 2002-03

February 2006

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School Year 2001-02

September 2004

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School Year 2000-01

October 2003

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School Year 1999-00

July 2002

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School Year 1998-99

October 2000

School Year 1997-98

August 1999

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Office of Safe and Heathly Students Programs

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OSHS work, programs and resources are organized under the following program units:

Well-Rounded Educational Opportunities

The Well-Rounded Educational Opportunities Unit provides program support and technical assistance on the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) program. Some examples of content support include: college and career guidance and counseling programs, music and arts programs, STEM subjects, accelerated learning programs, history, foreign language, environmental education, promoting volunteerism, and other activities that support a well-rounded education.

The Well-Rounded Educational Opportunities Unit also administers the Physical Education and School Counseling programs.

Safe and Healthy Students

The Safe and Healthy Students Unit provides program support and technical assistance on the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) program. Some examples of content support include but are not limited to: drug and violence prevention, school-based mental health services, supporting a healthy, active lifestyle, preventing bullying and harassment, mentoring and school counseling, school dropout and reentry programs, and schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports.

The Safe and Healthy Students Unit administers the School Climate Transformation, Project Prevent, and Promoting Student Resilience grant programs and a number of interagency agreements.

There are two technical assistance centers that broadly support the work of the unit:

    1. The Safe and Supportive Schools TA Center
      The Safe and Supportive Schools Website provides state, district and school administrators, teachers, school support staff, communities and families with resources and support to develop rigorous measurement systems that assess school climate and implement and evaluate programmatic interventions.
    2. The Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
      The Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports is established by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs to improve the capacity of states, districts and schools to establish, scale-up and sustain the PBIS framework. 

Another focus of the Safe and Healthy Students Unit is emergency management and school preparedness. This includes programs and technical assistance to improve the ability of schools to prepare for and respond to crises and disasters (natural and man-made). Examples of these programs include Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence), Readiness Emergency Management for Schools grants, Emergency Management for Higher Education grants, homeland security activities; and disaster response coordinated with FEMA and DHS. Additionally, the unit is in close contact with school security police chiefs, school resource officers, and emergency first responders.

There are two technical assistance centers that support the emergency management and preparedness work:

    1. Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center
      The REMS TA Center’s primary goal is to support schools, districts, and institutions of higher education in school emergency management and planning, including the development and implementation of comprehensive, all-hazards, high-quality emergency operations plans.  The REMS TA Center disseminates information about school emergency management and planning to help school communities learn more about developing, implementing, and revising high-quality emergency operations plans.  In addition, the REMS TA Center helps OSHS coordinate technical assistance meetings and share school emergency management and planning information, and responds to direct requests for technical assistance and training.
    2. The Educational Facilities Clearinghouse
      The Educational Facilities Clearinghouse (the Clearinghouse) supports educational facilities through the provision of technical assistance and training to public facilities for public pre-kindergarten through higher education on issues related to educational facility planning, design, financing, construction, improvement, operation, and maintenance.  The Clearinghouse also develops resources and assembles best practices on issues related to ensuring safe, healthy, and high-performance public educational facilities, including procedures for identifying hazards and conducting vulnerability assessments.

Education Technology

The Education Technology Unit provides program support and technical assistance on the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) program. Some examples of content support include but are not limited to: providing school personnel with professional learning tools, building technological capacity and infrastructure, innovative strategies for delivering specialized or rigorous academic courses through the use of technology, blended learning projects, professional development in the use of technology in STEM subjects (including computer science) and providing students in rural, remote and underserved areas with resources to take advantage of high-quality learning experiences. The Office of Education Technology provides support to States and LEAs.

Education for Homeless Children and Youth

The Education for Homeless Children and Youth Unit provides resources, program support and technical assistance aimed at eliminating enrollment barriers and providing school access and support for academic success for students experiencing homelessness.

This unit administers the following program:

The technical assistance center that supports the work of this unit is:

  • The National Center for Homeless Education
    The National Center for Homeless Education website has been operated by SERVE at University of North Carolina at Greensboro since 1998.  It provides State Coordinators for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, local liaisons and other homeless education staff in school districts, and communities and families experiencing homelessness with resources and information pertaining to all facets of education for homeless children and youth from pre-school through post-secondary education.

Neglected and Delinquent Youth

The Neglected and Delinquent Youth Unit helps to provide education continuity for children in state-run institutions and adult correctional institutions so these children can make successful transitions to school or employment once they are released.

This unit administers the following program:

There is one technical assistance center that supports the work of this unit:

  • The Neglected or Delinquent Education Technical Assistance Center
    The Neglected or Delinquent Education Technical Assistance Center has been operated by American Institutes for Research in Washington, DC since 2002.  It provides State Coordinators for the Title I, Part D program, State and local agency education directors and grant contacts, and communities and families with resources and information pertaining to prevention, intervention and reentry education programs and activities around the country.

Other Associated Program Work

OSHS also implements several other provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001:

Legislation, Regulation, and Guidance

 

Authority

The authority for this program is found in 20 U.S.C. 7131, and Title III of Division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. Law 114-113).

 

Applicable Regulations

    1. (a) The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
    2. (b) The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3485.
    3. (c) The Uniform Administrative Requirement, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. ( c) The regulations in 34 CFR part 299.

Frequently Asked Questions

Promoting Student Resilience FAQ’s can be found here.

 

Note:  This document has been formally rescinded by the Department and remains available on the web for historical purposes only.

Eligibility

 

Who May Apply: Eligible applicants are local educational agencies (LEA) or consortia of LEA’s, from a community that has experienced Significant civil unrest.

Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools

TYPES OF PROJECTS

Grant funds may be used for the following activities: reviewing and revising emergency management plans, training school staff, conducting building and facilities audits, communicating emergency response policies to parents and guardians, implementing the National Incident Management System (NIMS), developing an infectious disease plan, developing or revising food defense plans, purchasing school safety equipment (to a limited extent), conducting drills and tabletop simulation exercises; and preparing and distributing copies of emergency management plans.

School Climate Transformation Grant – State Educational Agency Grants Program

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The School Climate Transformation Grant—State Educational Agency Program provides competitive grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to develop, enhance, or expand systems of support for, and technical assistance to, local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools implementing an evidence-based, multi-tiered behavioral framework for improving behavioral outcomes and learning conditions for all students.

TYPES OF PROJECTS

Projects should develop, enhance, or expand statewide systems of support for, and technical assistance to, local educational agencies and schools implementing an evidence-based, multi-tiered behavioral framework for improving behavioral outcomes and learning conditions for all students.

School Climate Transformation Grant – Local Educational Agency (LEA) Grants Program

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The School Climate Transformation Grant—Local Educational Agency (LEA) program provides competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to develop, enhance, or expand systems of support for, and technical assistance to, schools implementing a multi-tiered system of support, for improving school climate.

TYPES OF PROJECTS

Projects should:

  • build capacity for implementing a sustained, school-wide multi-tiered behavioral framework;
  • enhance capacity by providing training and technical assistance to schools; and
  • include an assurance that the applicant will work with a technical assistance provider, such as the PBIS Technical Assistance Center funded by the Department, to ensure that technical assistance related to implementing program activities is provided.

See links to additional information in the box to the right.