Category: Security Strategy
Recent CDC Update Paves Way for Full Return to In-Person Learning
With the ARP ESSER III deadline fastly approaching, school districts remain focused on the same goal: reopening schools safely, sustaining secure operations, and addressing the impact of the pandemic on students. The CDC’s most recent announcement goes hand in hand with these school districts’ desires.
Transform K-12 Security with a Service and Maintenance Agreement
The ARP ESSER III Grant has provided school districts with the funds to sustain safe campus operations in a post-COVID world. With such a large amount of funds available, many school districts are looking inward and are working to strengthen their campus security. This is where a service and maintenance agreement comes in.
Using ARP ESSER III Funds for a Service and Maintenance Agreement
The 2020-2023 American Rescue Plan (ARP) Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) III Grant provides school districts with the funds to reopen schools safely, sustain safe operations, and address the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
What many school districts do not realize is that they can use their ARP ESSER III funds to ensure that their current security system is operating reliably and effectively through a service and maintenance agreement.
Maximize Security with the Interchangeable Use of ESSER Funds
In April 2021, the Federal Government approved the 2020-2023 American Rescue Plan (ARP) Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) III Grant. With $11.2 billion made available to the state, Texas school districts now have the ability to reopen schools safely, sustain secure operations, and address the impact of the pandemic on students.
Choosing The Right Technology for Long-Term School Security Success
How can you decide which technology solution fits your security needs when there are thousands of products to choose from? Ask yourself these 6 basic questions
School Security Technology & Standardization: Why It Matters
Technology standardization can help school administrators increase security system uptime, streamline maintenance procedures, reduce part counts, and more.
7 Reasons A Security Assessment Is Vital to Your School Security Strategy In 2021
Schools need to mitigate new risks and build more effective plans, but the best approach to any school security strategy starts with an assessment. Here’s why.
Security Strategies for Reopening K-12 Schools in a Covid-19 World
Returning to school buildings in the fall is a goal that will demand officials find new ways to ensure the safety of students and staff. A proper security system that offers the technology to track, trace and contain infection will be the best measure to calm the fear and uncertainty of returning to campus.
Top 3 Best Practices for Security Professionals to Implement During the Coronavirus Outbreak
COVID-19 has drastically changed our society’s perspective on health and safety practices for organizations. This pandemic has created an abrupt wake-up call in our community and around the world. Only with collective efforts, can we play a role in halting the progression of this virus and protecting our community. Now is the time for risk […]
How Electronic Security and Cybersecurity Can Work Together
Until recently, electronic security professionals have been responsible for the devices that keep employees in and unwanted intruders out, while cybersecurity professionals have been responsible for the network and the devices on the network. But that’s all starting to change. Today’s enterprise electronic security devices are much more sophisticated and complex. Enterprise access control systems […]