• establishing accountability mechanisms to ensure performance, efficiency, and effectiveness;
• conducting regular organizational structure reviews;
• identifying personnel who need safety training and providing an appropriate level of safety training for all personnel in the master plan for in-service training; and
• having appropriate equipment to protect property and records.

Which Government Program Summaries contain related information?

School Safety, Security, and Discipline

What other OPPAGA-related materials are available?

• Report No. 05-31 OPPAGA Report: School Districts Continue to Identify Actions to Improve School Safety Throughout State,  published in April 2005.
• Report No. 04-27 Information Brief: School Districts Identify Actions to Improve School Safety Through Self-Assessment, published in March 2004.
• Report No. 03-63 Information Brief: School Safety and Security Best Practices Updated, published in December 2003.
• Report No. 02-63 Information Brief: School Safety and Security Best Practices Approved by the Commissioner of Education, published in December 2002.
• Report No. 01-57 Information Brief: School Safety and Security Best Practices Approved by the Commissioner of Education, published in November 2001.

Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by telephone (850/488-0021), by FAX (850/487-9213), in person, or by mail (OPPAGA Report Production, Claude Pepper Building, Room 312, 111 W. Madison St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475).
e-mail address: oppaga@oppaga.fl.gov