This strand focuses on related topics such as juvenile justice, diversion programming, legal considerations in school safety, legislative updates, finance considerations during disasters and school safety, TEA Policy updates, grant-funding options, and designing Memorandums of Understanding (MOU’s).
Specialized trainings, technical assistance, and support are provided within this topic area from multiple departments and team members across Region 4 ESC. The below Region 4 team member serves as a member of the Region 4 Safe and Healthy Schools Committee and is the contact for this topic area. This ensures that there is a designated contact to help assess regional training needs, ensure robust offerings are provided, and that specific training requests are efficiently and swiftly routed to the appropriate department.