2024 National Summit on K-12 School Safety and Security
The 2024 National Summit on K-12 School Safety and Security was held on September 25 and 26.
This virtual event brought together K-12 school leaders and practitioners to discuss and share actionable recommendations that enhance safe and supportive learning environments. The Summit was designed to foster a nationwide dialogue on some of the most critical school safety issues, as well as equip school stakeholders and personnel with resources, training and best practices to apply in their local school settings and communities.
The 2024 Summit featured six sessions, each addressing a timely school safety topic. Sessions included a subject matter expert overview of the issue followed by a panel of K-12 leaders and practitioners discussing their firsthand experience. This format was intended to provide both expert context and real-world perspectives so that attendees could gain a deeper understanding of a particular school safety issue and how they may be able to address it in their unique school communities. The event also included keynote addresses by leaders in the school safety and security fields.
- Day 1 Agenda | Wednesday, September 25
- Opening Keynote Remarks from Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Session 1: Emergency Planning and Safety
- Session 2: Supporting Student Mental Wellness
- Perspectives from the Congressional Bipartisan School Safety and Security Caucus: U.S. Representatives Tony Gonzales (TX-23) and Jared Moskowitz (FL-23)
- Session 3: Online Safety Best Practices for Youth
- Day 2 Agenda | Thursday, September 26
- Opening Keynote Remarks from Jen Easterly, Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- Session 1: Understanding and Preventing Youth Violence
- Community-Based Prevention Strategies to Reduce Violence Presentation from William Braniff, Director, Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Session 2: Intervention Strategies to Support Students
- Session 3: K-12 Cybersecurity Best Practices
- Closing Keynote Remarks from Dr. David Mussington, Executive Assistant Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
The Summit was open to anyone with a passion for improving school safety but was of particular interest to K-12 school and district administrators; principals and superintendents; school-based law enforcement; teachers and school staff; mental health practitioners; first responders; federal, state, local, tribal and territorial government partners; and other school safety and security professionals.
Additional Information
If you have any questions, please contact the CISA School Safety Task Force at SchoolSafety@mail.cisa.dhs.gov.
If you have difficulty understanding English or have a disability, free language assistance or other aids and services are available upon request. If you require a reasonable modification to fully participate in this event, please contact SchoolSafety@mail.cisa.dhs.gov and CISA.PACT_CRCL@mail.cisa.dhs.gov.