The California Education Code (sections 32280-32288) outlines the requirements of all public
school districts operating any schools (including charter schools) serving grades kindergarten
through 12, inclusive, to write and develop a Comprehensive School Safety Plan (CSSP) that
include strategies aimed at the prevention of, and education about, potential incidents involving
crime and violence on the school campus.

For school districts such as FUESD with an enrollment of 2,501 and more students, each
school in the district must have a completed Safe School Plan in place that is reviewed,
updated, and approved annually.

As of fall 2019, CSSPs are required to assess the current status of school crime committed on
school campuses and at school-related functions and identify appropriate strategies and
programs that will provide or maintain a high level of school safety and address the school’s
procedures for complying with existing laws related to school safety, which shall include, at a
minimum, the development of all of the following TEN elements:

(A) Child abuse reporting
(B) Emergency/disaster preparedness (crisis response plan)
(C) School suspension/expulsion policies
(D) Procedures to notify teachers of dangerous pupils
(E) Discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying policies
(F) School-wide dress code
(G) Safe ingress and egress
(H) Maintaining a safe and orderly environment
(I) Rules and procedures on school discipline
(j) Tactical responses to criminal incidents