Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of School Safety Releases Second Edition of Comprehensive School Safety Framework

Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 -- 3:00 PM

The Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of School Safety has released the second edition of its Comprehensive School Safety Framework.

This framework identifies model school safety practices and is designed for all Wisconsin school leaders to use as a guide and to adapt to fit their needs locally.

“School officials throughout Wisconsin work diligently to keep our kids safe at school,” said AG Kaul. “The Comprehensive School Safety Framework supports that vital work by making information about school safety best practices readily available in one place.”

School safety is complex–there is no one size fits all approach. Instead, multifaceted school safety strategies must be employed. The Comprehensive School Safety Framework outlines those strategies which include:

• Conducting school safety needs assessments, creating useful, applicable School Safety Plans, and regularly practicing these plans through school safety exercises and drills.
• Implementing SPEAK UP, SPEAK OUT (SUSO), our statewide tipline. SUSO provides students and communities with a trusted method for getting help and reporting concerns when students are struggling or there is a potential safety threat.
• Creating a multidisciplinary behavioral threat assessment and management team, empowered with the knowledge and training needed to intervene when a student may pose a threat, provide support to struggling youth and prevent potential violence.
• Promoting effective routine security practices.
• Creating safe school climates.
• Building crisis response resources proactively, in order to respond effectively after crisis events, reduce trauma, and get kids back to learning more effectively.

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