​Providing safe and secure learning environments is critical to everything we do in education. The purpose of this webpage is to provide information and resources to assist schools/districts in their efforts to provide safe and secure environments for students and staff. 

​Updates/Recent News

• ​​Governor Kemp, with the support of the General Assembly, has provided $115,700,000 for school security grants in the Amended FY2023 budget (HB 18). The funds will provide $50,000 for each active public school to address safety and security needs. Learn more here​.
  

Resources

• ​​​​​Georgia Center for School Safety
  
• ​​School Safety Planning​
• Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Response​
• School Safety Plan Guide
• School Safety Plan Template
  
• Georgia School Safety Hotline
• School Climate
• Unsafe School Choice Option
• Gang Awareness
• Student Safety and Wellbeing
• Pandemic Planning for Schools - GaDOE Guidelines and Information​​
• Georgia Emergency Management & Homeland Security Agency - School Safety Unit
• National School Safety Center (U.S. Department of Education)
• SchoolSafety.gov

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Fire Safety Video​

This fire safety video was created for children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HH). Georgia Hands & Voices partnered with the Cherokee Fire Department to provide Georgia families of children who are D/HH with an educational fire safety video, complete with captioning, an ASL Interpreter, and a full transcript. 

• ​Fire Safety Video ​
• Transcript 
• Safety Tips Fact Sheet
• Resources List​
  

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