Over $1.5 million have been added to Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of School Safety’s (OSS) digital mapping grant program, according to a notice sent to WCRIS today. It helps schools get digital maps of their buildings to include in the annual OSS safety submission, instead of blueprints. Several WCRIS schools have already been awarded [...]
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35 Results found for category: School Safety
Being Proactive with School Safety
March 09, 2023
School safety officials note that spring can be a sensitive time for potential school safety incidents. Schools always need to be prepared. You can do that without raising alarm or panic by: Reviewing your school safety plan with staff and assuring families you have done so; Connecting with local law enforcement and/or inviting them for [...]
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School Safety Resource Round-up
February 16, 2023
WCRIS encourages you to promote school safety and preparedness with your staff, even outside of required trainings. See below for recent resources: Child exploitation resources; Free targeted violence prevention course; Wisconsin School Safety and Security Conference, March 6-7. Additionally, should your school experience a critical incident of any kind, Critical Incident Response Teams from the [...]
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Safety Submissions Qualify Schools for Thousands of Dollars
January 05, 2023
Uploading annual safety submissions – accurately and promptly – to the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of School Safety (OSS) ensures your school is eligible to receive help when it needs it most. WCRIS is on the DOJ’s Critical Incident Grant Committee and helped direct almost $90,000 to Catholic Memorial High School, a WCRIS member, to [...]
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Final Reminder: Annual Submissions Due Jan. 1
December 20, 2022
Enhance the safety of your school by uploading your annual submission to the Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of School Safety by Jan. 1. The submission is required of all schools by state law, and it also ensures grant eligibility and expedites assistance if your school faces a critical incident. Everything you need to know about your submission can be [...]
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WCRIS Schools Awarded Over $200,000 in Safety Grants
December 08, 2022
Sixteen WCRIS members across the state, who operate more than 20 school buildings, were awarded a digital mapping grant from the DOJ Office of School Safety. Thanks to advocacy by WCRIS, the Legislature included private schools when it passed the 2021 law. The Legislature allocated $2 million for the grant program, all of which has been awarded [...]
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Get Your School Safety Submission In By Jan. 1
December 08, 2022
To enhance student safety and ensure your school is eligible for grants like the one above, remember to upload your Wis. Stat §118.07 Annual School Submission each year by Jan. 1. This fall, you may have been notified that your school was not in compliance with the law’s requirement and consequently submitted missing documents. That was for [...]
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Principal Question: Annual School Safety Submission
December 01, 2022
Question: According to the DOJ Office of School Safety’s (OSS) website, “Wis. Stat §118.07 Annual School Submissions” are required of all private schools. Is this something new? What about the plans that I’ve already been submitting? Answer: The name of schools’ yearly submissions to the OSS has changed from “2017 WI Act 143 Requirements” to “Wis. Stat §118.07 [...]
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January 1 School Safety Submission Looming
November 22, 2022
Your school’s annual safety submission is due to the Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of School Safety (OSS) on January 1. This is required of all private schools, regardless of your participation in the choice programs or past receipt of school safety grants. You can find more information on what’s required here. To submit your documents to the [...]
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Critical Incident Hoaxes
October 27, 2022
Reports of alleged critical incidents in schools have been sweeping the nation. Fifteen false incidents have been called in at Wisconsin schools, according to a report from the Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of School Safety (OSS). Law enforcement agencies have labeled the practice as “swatting,” where a report of a false incident is made to provoke [...]
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