School Security Policy Analysis

While the schools and the school districts play a major role in school security, both the State and Federal governments have their own roles to fulfill in school security. However, their roles differ from not only the school districts, but also from themselves. Furthermore, if the governments are able to fulfill their roles, then the schools can as well; a win-win situation. Starting top to bottom, the federal government needs to focus on the bigger picture of school security. What the school’s need is the funding and direct support for school security and preparedness. Schools do not need more “…federal research, studies, reports, conferences, gatherings, panels, hearings, manuals, regurgitation of best practices, institutes, [and] federal websites…” (Trump, 2011, p. 292). The federal government has been generous in supplying these on a widespread scale. Not saying these have no significance, however, schools need more than what these have to offer. Schools need more support and resources to continue their school security program.

Unfortunately, the current administration has directed funding towards fixing up the school climate instead of also helping other school security programs. To give an example, the 2015 Fiscal year budget proposal for school grants included: “…School Climate Transformation Grants ($50 million)…Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students State and Local Grants ($45 million)…Project Prevent Grants ($25 million)…[and] Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence) ($5 million)…” (Working to Keep Schools and Communities Safe, 2015). In other words, the federal government has created an imbalance in the school zone, instead of fulfilling their