The 2014-2015 school year marks the first year that public school districts must implement school security and safety plans for each school under Public Act 13-3, passed in the wake of the Newtown tragedy. The law, now codified at Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-222m, requires districts to establish a school security and safety committee at each school. Those committees, in turn, are responsible for assisting in the development of the school security and safety plans and the administration of those plans. In January 2014, the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS) within the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP), in consultation with the Connecticut Department of Education, released school security and safety standards as well as a template on which boards of education must base their school security and safety plans.

In its recent “School Law Alert,” Shipman & Goodwin LLP offers practical tips for districts in the process of finalizing and/or implementing their plans. Can’t view the embedded document below? Click here to download it.

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