May 01, 2024
The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center and Newark Field Office will be holding a free school safety seminar on Thursday, June 6, at the Jersey Mike’s Arena in Piscataway.
March 21, 2024
The law requires, among other things, New Jersey boards of education and charter school boards of trustees to develop and adopt a policy for the establishment of multidisciplinary “threat assessment teams.”
March 14, 2024
The New Jersey Department of Education, in partnership with the Jersey City - Newark Urban Area Security Initiative, announced in an advisory that it is offering behavioral threat assessment and management training for school communities.
February 15, 2024
Dr. Melissa Reeves will present a program as part of a Department of Homeland Security grant program on March 15 at the Burlington Township High School Performing Arts Center.
September 11, 2023
The NJSBA has released an update to Critical Policy Reference Manual, File Code 5131.5, which includes amendments based upon the new threat assessment team law.
July 19, 2023
The New Jersey Department of Education’s Office of School Preparedness and Emergency Planning is providing training and general awareness sessions to help local educational agencies establish and train K-12 Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Teams.
December 29, 2022
While threats will always exist, administrators, school board members and other stakeholders can take steps to identify and eradicate as many of them as possible. One way is to form a threat assessment team.
October 17, 2022
The Office of School Preparedness and Emergency Planning, part of the New Jersey Department of Education, is providing ongoing behavioral threat assessment and management virtual training for school communities through a grant program.
August 17, 2022
The New Jersey Department of Education announced in a broadcast memo that it’s offering behavioral threat assessment and management training for school communities through the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act Grant Program.
August 08, 2022
The purpose of the school threat assessment team is to help ensure a safe and secure school environment by assisting staff in identifying students who pose a potential safety risk and preventing targeted violence in the district.