Reports & Requirements At a Glance
Designate a Divisionwide Emergency Manager | § 22.1-279.8 | Superintendent | Annually | VA School Safety Survey |
Appoint a Divisionwide Safety Audit** Committee | § 22.1-279.8 | Superintendent | Annually | None |
Establish Threat Assessment Team(s) | § 9.1-184.A.10 § 22.1-79.4 |
Superintendent | Annually | DCJS-VA Center for School and Campus Safety |
Update the school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plan and verify | § 22.1-279.8 | Principals School Board Superintendent |
Annually | DCJS- VA Center for School and Campus Safety Verification Report |
Conduct school safety building inspection walk-through | § 22.1-279.8 | Principals School Board Superintendent |
Once every three years starting in 2014 | VA School Safety Survey |
School safety building inspection verification | § 22.1-279.8 | Principals School Board Superintendent |
Annually | DCJS -VA Center for School and Campus Safety |
Complete the School Safety Audit Survey | § 22.1-279.8 | Principal Superintendent |
Annually | VA School Safety Survey |
Complete the Virginia Secondary School Climate Survey (students and faculty) | § 22.1-279.8 | Middle and High School Principals | Annually by selected grade level(s) | VA Secondary School Climate Survey |
Complete the Division Level Safety Audit Survey | § 22.1-279.8 | Superintendent | Once every three years | VA School Safety Survey |
Complete the School Safety Audit Written Assessment Template | § 22.1-279.8. | Principals Superintendent |
Annually by December 31 beginning 2016 | School Safety Audit Written Assessment Template |
Complete the Division Level Safety Audit Written Assessment | § 22.1-279.8. | Division Safety Audit Committee Superintendent | Annually by August 31 beginning 2017 | Division Safety Audit Written Assessment |
*All data collection is completed online through the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) – Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety
**The term “safety audit” includes all six aspects of the Virginia School Safety Audit Program as administered by the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety within the DCJS:
- Virginia School Safety Survey (completed annually)
- The Division Level Survey (administered every three years)
- Virginia School Crisis Management Plan Review and Certification\verification (completed annually)
- Virginia Secondary School Climate Survey (administered in the spring of the year)
- The School Safety Inspection Checklist (due August 2014, then every three years thereafter) and a completed verification form (completed annually)
- The School Safety Audit Written Assessment Template (submitted to the Division Safety Audit Committee by December 31 of each year)