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The Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) has released the sixth edition of its Safety and Security Guidelines for K-12 Schools.
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Version 6 of the PASS Guidelines are now available. These updates strengthen our ability to help you develop a safe school plan. Learn more.
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The PASS Guidelines are featured in the latest issue of Campus Security & Life Safety magazine.
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Video surveillance can be critical to keeping schools safe and secure. But there are ethical issues to consider before using it. Learn more.
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Video intercom systems are essential to school safety and security planning. Learn about their benefits, testing and maintenance and more.
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PASS was featured in the recent Texas Observer article about the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting.
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We reflect on our top 5 accomplishments this year and look ahead to 2023, as we drive forward, striving to do more.
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When it comes to our School Safety and Security Guidelines, we organize and define topics in layers. Among them is the parking lot perimeter layer, which in many cases, is where schools experience the most safety issues. Learn more about why and how you can help make your campus parking lot safer.
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The U.S. Surgeon General declared youth e-cigarette use to be a public health epidemic in 2018. As but one of many examples of how pervasive and damaging the youth e-cigarette epidemic has been to our nation’s K12 schools, the 2019 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) found that 27.5% of high school students (4.11 million) and 10.5% of middle school students (1.24 million) self-reported being current e-cigarette users.
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Meet our newest PASS leader, Jeremy Gulley. Learn more about him and how he used the PASS Guidelines to improve safety and security in his school district.
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