School Safety Program Overview

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School Safety ProgramOverview

• Arizona Department of Education
• School Safety and Prevention

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The School Safety Program

• Established by ARS 15-154 in 1994
• Police and juvenile probation officers on campus
• Violence and delinquency prevention

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Legislative Update

• Sunset Review Process
• Legislative Oversight Committee and School Safety
  Program reauthorized for another 10 years at same
  funding level
• Amendment to ARS 15-154
• Annual competitive application
• Senate Bill (SB) 1230
• Three year funding cycle
• Visit www.azleg.gov

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Working Group

• Subcommittee of Legislative Oversight Committee
• Developed competitive application
• Recommended program modifications

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Program Goals

• The School Safety Program contributes to an
  orderly, purposeful atmosphere, which promotes
  the feeling of safety conducive to teaching and
  learning
• To teach Law-Related Education that promotes a
  safe, orderly environment, and good citizenship

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Program Modification Emphasis

• School-wide prevention and collaboration based on
  needs assessment
• Comprehensive LRE instruction
• District, school, and agency collaboration and
  monitoring

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School Safety Program Officers

• maintain a visible presence on campus deter
  delinquent and violent behaviors serve as an
  available resource to the school community and
  provide students and staff with Law-Related
  Education instruction and training.

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The Role of the Officer

• Sworn law enforcement officer (SRO)
• Bring public safety expertise
• Promote positive image of police officers
  including the human component
• Court appointed officer (JPO)
• Liaison for court involved students
• Promote positive image of the juvenile court
  system
• Community links and agency resources

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The Role of the Officer

• Collaborate with school personnel on school-wide
  safety strategies
• Participate in School Safety Assessment and
  Prevention Team

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The Role of the Officer

• Positive Role Model
• Build positive relationships with staff and
  students
• Visible and accessible during school hours
• SRO must be on campus 80 of the time
• JPO must be on campus 90 of the time
• Law Related Educator
• 180 hours of instruction per year
• Teachers must be present in the classroom at all
  times

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What is Law Related Education?

• Law Related Education (LRE) is an educational
  program designed to educate citizens about the
  law, legal processes and principles fundamental
  to our democracy
• Practical law related content
• Development of life skills (e.g. problem solving)
• Positive interaction with the community (officer)

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LRE Instruction

• At least 80 hours of LRE classroom instruction to
  ongoing cohort groups of students
• Three to five classrooms, six sessions per
  classroom within one quarter to the same group of
  students
• At least 100 hours of universal LRE instruction
• 60 hours or more of universal LRE classroom
  instruction
• Up to 20 hours for LRE planning and preparation
• Up to 20 hours for LRE instruction to school
  staff and school community

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Cohort LRE

• Delivery of comprehensive LRE classroom
  instruction to an ongoing cohort group of
  students to increase students negative
  perception of delinquent behavior and improve
  their problem solving, decision making, and
  communication skills.
• Based on needs assessment
• Target problem
• Target population
• Over a period of time

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Universal LRE

• Delivery of LRE instruction that builds awareness
  and knowledge of a particular subject - relevant
  to the schools violence and delinquency
  prevention needs.
• Based on needs assessment
• General student population
• Planning and preparing LRE lesson plans for
  either group.
• Instruction to school staff and the school
  community

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LRE Classroom Instruction

• Regular scheduled instruction periods
• Structured setting
• Administrator may approve structured law-related
  instructional activities before or after school

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Weekly Activity Log

• LRE instruction
• Cohort and universal
• Time off-campus
• Date, time spent, activity, teacher/subject
• Totals for all

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Time Off-Campus

• Any time the officer is not on school grounds
  during his/her duty hours. Off campus time
  includes both school and non school related
  events
• Includes but not limited to briefings, picking up
  police car, mandatory trainings, and field trips
• Reimbursement for non-school related law
  enforcement and juvenile probation activity

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The Role of the District Administrator

• Support and communicate School Safety Program
  philosophy
• Understand and support program requirements
• Provide fiscal management

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The Role of the School Administrator

• Understand the role of the officer
• Educate staff, students, and school community
• Promote the value of the officer
• Develop a School Safety Operational Plan for
  program implementation
• Establish and participate in School Safety
  Assessment and Prevention Team

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The Role of the School Administrator

• Maintain on-going dialogue with officer and
  partnering agency
• Meet with the officer on a regular basis
• Meet with the officers supervisor at least twice
  per year (once per semester)
• Conduct performance assessments
• Monitor progress toward meeting program
  requirements
• Review activity logs
• Utilize Operational Plan

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The Role of the Agency Supervisor

• Understand and support the value of the program
• Oversee officer performance
• Visit the school
• Collect and review activity logs
• Maintain on-going dialogue with officer and
  school administration
• Dialogue with officer on a regular basis
• Meet with the school administrator at least two
  times per year (once per semester)

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School Safety Assessment and Prevention Team

• Formed or existing team
• Conduct a safety needs assessment
• A needs assessment is the collection and analysis
  of relevant and valid data to determine areas of
  need related to safety
• Use needs assessment in determining the use of
  the officer consistent with program requirements
• LRE Design
• Strategic placement of officer
• Coordinate School Safety Program efforts with
  other school level prevention programs and
  activities

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School Safety Assessment and Prevention Team

• Membership must consist of
• School principal or assistant principal
• School Safety Program officer
• School prevention coordinator or school
  mental/behavioral health expert
• Other members as needed
• Must meet quarterly at a minimum

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School Safety Program Operational Plan

• Developed by school administrator
• Map of program design
• Activities/tasks
• Milestones
• Responsible person
• Timeline
• Used for program implementation

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Training Requirements

• District Administrator
• Attend at least one School Safety Program
  Administrator Training. This should be the
  district administrator with the most direct
  oversight of the School Safety Program.
• School Principal
• Attend the School Safety Program Administrator
  Training on an annual basis.  After attending the
  training once, the principal may send a designee
  to the training in subsequent years provided the
  designee is integrally involved with the grant.
• Agency Supervisor
• Attend the School Safety Program Administrator
  Training on an annual basis.

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Training Requirements

• New Officer
• Attend one 40-hour new officer training sponsored
  by the Arizona Department of Education
• Continuing Officer
• Annual LRE training through the Arizona
  Foundation for Legal Services and Education
  (AZFLSE)

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Additional information

• The grant does NOT pay for overtime
• Typical grant award is for a 10-month position.
  Applicants may request 11- or 12-month funding
  provided
• Staff and students are on campus at some point
  during summer and intersession
• A design, consistent with guidance manual, is
  proposed and approved by oversight committee
• Officers shall not be used for purposes such as
  added security, cop on campus, field officer,
  disciplinarian, substitute teacher, extra body

The School Safety Program Guidance Manual
contains all program requirements
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School Safety Program Application

• Eligibility
• Arizona public schools through their district or
  charter holder
• Timeline
• Available March 4, 2008
• Due April 15, 2008 midnight
• Project Period
• One year
• No upward adjustments for salary once awarded

Incomplete or late applications will NOT be
considered
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School Safety Program Application

• Selection and Award
• ADE guidelines and procedures
• Each site scored independently
• Awards made to highest scoring applications
• Final approval through School Safety Program
  Legislative Oversight Committee
• Allowable Expenditures
• Officer salary and benefits
• Travel expenses related to School Safety Program
  training
• 50 per officer - if working within Maricopa
  County
• 400 per officer - if working outside of Maricopa
  County
• Supplies
• 100 per site

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School Safety Program Application

• Consists of four mandatory parts
• On-line Grants Management Enterprise (GME) School
  Safety Program Application
• Cooperative Agreement Signature Page - download
• Statement of Officer Salary and benefits
• School Safety Program Operational Plan - download

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On-line Grants Management Enterprise (GME) School
Safety Program Application - required

• Budget Forms
• Budget line item
• Budget description
• Itemized salary and benefits of each officer
• Indicate 10, 11, 12 month position for each
  officer
• Payment schedule
• Equal quarterly payments in August, November,
  January, and April
• Supplement Application Forms, Pages, and Section

Application is considered incomplete without
on-line forms
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Cooperative Agreement Signature Page - required

• Download and complete for each school
• Indicates that law enforcement or juvenile
  probation will provide an officer
• Do not submit an application if there is no
  assurance that an officer will be available
• Signed by superintendent, school principal, and
  law enforcement or juvenile probation agency
• Submit via email or postal mail
• Due April 15, 2008

Application is considered incomplete without this
document
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Statement of Officer Salary and Benefits -
required

• Obtain from law enforcement of juvenile probation
  agency
• One per agency per district/charter
• Itemized statement of actual salary and benefits
  per officer
• Customary benefits, only
• Evidence of prorated salary for 10- and 11- month
  positions
• Submit via email or postal mail
• Due April 15, 2008

Application is considered incomplete without this
document
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School Safety Program Operational Plan - required

• Download and complete for each site
• Submit via email or postal mail
• Due April 15, 2008

Application is considered incomplete without this
document
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Supportive Documentation - optional

• School Safety Assessment and Prevention Team
• Recommended
• LRE Summary
• Recommended
• Additional supportive documentation
• Three piece (document) limit
• Submit via email or postal mail
• Due April 15, 2008

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Postal and Email Address

• Mail documentation to
• Arizona Department of Education
• School Safety and Prevention
• 1535 W. Jefferson Bin 29
• Phoenix, AZ 85007
• ATTN Dave Riggs
• Email documentation to
• SSP2009application_at_azed.gov

Questions? Contact Dave Riggs at 602-542-8730