Office of Safe and Healthy Students (OSHS) 1

Select Current OSHS Issues School-based Emergency Management/Crisis Response: – natural disasters, pandemic flu School Safety: – shootings, bullying, violence including gender-based violence, hazing Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention Counseling/Mental Health Public Health and Physical Education School Discipline: – suspensions and expulsions Trafficking in Persons Combatting Violent Extremism 2

Safe Students Programs under Title IV of the under ESEA. – Safe and Supportive Schools (S3). No new awards under S3 program in FY 2012 – Safe Schools Healthy Students (SSHS) No new awards under SSHS program in FY

S3 TA Center 4

Center for School Preparedness Provides training, technical assistance, resources, and publications for K-12 and higher education Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) TA Contract – currently operating with FY 2011 funds Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence) 5

Healthy Students Group Programs under Title IV and V of ESEA – Carol White Physical Education Program (PEP) – Elementary and Secondary School Counseling (ESSC) Program – Higher Education TA Center for Alcohol and Other Drugs and Violence Prevention – currently operating with FY 2011 funds. 6

NCES School Crime and Safety 2011 Report Data Preliminary data show that there were 33 school-associated violent deaths from July 1, 2009, through June 30, In 2010, among students ages 12–18, there were about 828,000 nonfatal victimizations at school, which include 470,000 victims of theft and 359,000 victims of violence (simple assault and serious violence). In 2009–10, about 74 percent of public schools recorded one or more violent incidents of crime, 16 percent recorded one or more serious violent incidents, and 44 percent recorded one or more thefts. 7

NCES Study (cont’d) Eight percent of students in grades 9–12 reported being threatened or injured with a weapon, such as a gun, knife, or club, on school property in – Specifically, 3 percent of students were threatened or injured with a weapon one time, 2 percent were threatened or injured with a weapon two or three times, 1 percent were threatened or injured with a weapon four to eleven times, and 1 percent were threatened or injured with a weapon twelve or more times. 8

NCES Study (cont’d) During the 2007–08 school year, a greater percentage of teachers in city schools (10 percent) reported being threatened with injury than teachers in town schools (7 percent) and suburban or rural schools (6 percent each). A greater percentage of teachers in city schools (5 percent) and suburban schools (4 percent) reported being physically attacked, compared to teachers in rural schools (3 percent). A greater percentage of secondary school teachers (8 percent) reported being threatened with injury by a student than elementary school teachers (7 percent). However, a greater percentage of elementary school teachers (6 percent) reported being physically attacked than secondary school teachers (2 percent). 9

NCES Study (cont’d) In 2009, a higher percentage of students ages 12–18 reported that they were afraid of attack or harm at school (4 percent) than away from school (3 percent) during the school year. Higher percentages of 6th-graders and 7th- graders (6 percent each) reported being afraid of attack or harm at school than 8th-graders (4 percent) and 11th-graders (3 percent). 10

NCES Study (cont’d) The percentage of students who reported that they had avoided at least one school activity or one or more places in school during the previous school year because of fear of attack or harm decreased from 7 percent in 2007 to 5 percent in Specifically, in 2009, about 2 percent of students avoided at least one school activity, and 4 percent avoided one or more places in school 11

NCES Study (cont’d) During the 2009–10 school year, 39 percent of public schools (about 32,300 schools) took at least one serious disciplinary action against a student for specific offenses. Of the 433,800 serious disciplinary actions taken during the 2009–10 school year, 74 percent were suspensions for 5 days or more, 20 percent were transfers to specialized schools, and 6 percent were removals with no services for the remainder of the school year. 12

NCES Study (cont’d) Between the 1999–2000 and 2009–10 school years, there was an increase in the percentage of public schools reporting the use of the following safety and security measures: – controlled access to the building during school hours (from 75 to 92 percent); controlled access to school grounds during school hours (from 34 to 46 percent); – faculty required to wear badges or picture IDs (from 25 to 63 percent); the use of one or more security cameras to monitor the school (from 19 to 61 percent); – the provision of telephones in most classrooms (from 45 to 74 percent); – and the requirement that students wear uniforms (from 12 to 19 percent). 13

OSHS Funding History

OSHS Eliminated Programs Year Program TitleEliminated Mentoring Programs2010 Character Education2010 State Grants2010 Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse2012 Civic Education2012 Mental Health Integration in Schools2011 Foundations for Learning

FY 13 Request: $195.9M for Proposed Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Program Continuations for PEP and ESSC -$81.6 New Successful, Safe and Healthy Students State and Local Grants Safe and Supportive Schools Grants (SEA) Safe Schools, Healthy Students (LEA level Grant to Increase State-Level Capacity for School Emergency Preparedness Project SERV ? School Climate TA Center (K-16)/ other activities Set-asides/evaluation