- In Colorado, John Michael Keyes has created a school safety plan called Standard Response Protocol. It is a simplified emergency plan instructing students to follow one of four procedures during any situation: Lockout, Lockdown, Evacuate, Shelter. Mr. Keyes is the father of Emily Keyes who was killed by an adult intruder at Platte Canyon High School in 2006.
- In Pennsylvania, the Steel Valley schools have implemented the Raptor security system that allows the school to scan the driver’s license or state identification card of a visitor and produce an adhesive badge that visitors wear while in the building.
- In Massachusetts, officials in Fall River are rethinking one element of their school safety plan after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court threw out a local ordinance in Lynn that prohibited registered Level 2 and 3 sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of parks and schools.
- In Colorado, Senate Bill 213 passed and now school districts can be held liable for incidents of violence in schools. The School Safety and Youth in Crisis Committee has the task of providing regulations for schools.