KY School Facilities Planning Manual - Mar 19, 2010 ... The Division of Facilities Management publishes the KENTUCKY SCHOOL FACILITY PLANNING PROCESS to guide and assist school districts with facilities planning.  ... (KY Dept. of Education)

National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities - NCEF Safe School Facilities Checklist - Download a customized checklist for assessing the safety and security of your school. School Construction Costs...

New - NCEF Safety and Security Videos - View these new NCEF videos to help identify potential safety and security hazards (vulnerabilities) in school facilities, and to learn how to implement non-cost or low-cost solutions. The videos are based upon NCEF's Safe School Facilities Checklist, a free checklist for assessing the safety and security of school buildings and grounds.

CPTED 101: The Fundamentals for Schools - New NCEF publication on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) discusses the concepts of natural surveillance, natural access control, and territoriality as a means to improve school security.

GREEN SCHOOLS - New NCEF webpage – “Green Schools”  contains a compilation of current news, events, recent journal articles, recommended publications, and more on topics related to green schools.

Campus Safety and Security Audit Toolkit. - by Texas School Safety Center - The October 2009 revised School District Facility Safety and Security Audit Toolkit is now available for download. The audit toolkit consists of two parts, an introduction and the audit checklists. Together these constitute the audit toolkit. The toolkit can be downloaded and printed and also the checklists can be entered and stored electronically.

EPA’s Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools Program – EPA developed the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools Program to reduce exposures to indoor environmental contaminants in schools through the voluntary adoption of sound indoor air quality management practices.  The IAQ Tools for Schools Program is a comprehensive resource to helps schools maintain a healthy environment in school buildings by identifying, correcting, and preventing IAQ problems. …

Guidance Notes on Safer School Construction - Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, Washington, DC (Jan. 2009)  presents a framework of guiding principles and general steps to develop a plan to address the disaster resilient construction and retrofitting of school buildings. …

Kentucky Center for School Safety (KCSS), Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), and Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA) are collaborating to provide safe school assessments to any school in Kentucky. These informational, independent assessments are not to be confused with an audit. The voluntary assessment can enhance the school's learning environment by examining climate and culture.  The safe school assessment process involves many aspects, including an examination of the school facilities and grounds to check for safety issues that may need to be addressed to provide the best and safest learning environment for students. Recommendations are made and this also provides the school with a needs assessment that can be used in developing a school safety component of the school’s Comprehensive School Improvement Plan.

Public Playground Safety Checklist - U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Each year, more than 200,000 children go to U.S. hospital emergency rooms with injuries associated with playground equipment. Most injuries occur when a child falls from the equipment onto the ground. A simple checklist to help make sure your local community or school playground is a safe place to play is provided. …

National Program for Playground Safety -  America's Playgrounds. Safety Report Card. Does your playground make the grade? .. Evaluate your playground using the  criteria listed. A full explanation is included... National Program for Playground Safety.

Public Playground Safety Handbook - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - (2010) - This publication can be used to audit the safety of the school playground. Publication of this handbook is expected to promote greater safety awareness among those who purchase, install, and maintain public playground equipment. …CPSC staff believes that the recommendations in this handbook will contribute to greater playground safety. Some states and local jurisdictions may require compliance with this handbook and/or ASTM voluntary standards. Additionally, risk managers, insurance companies, or others may require compliance at a particular site; check with state/local jurisdictions and insurance companies for specific requirements.

News: EPA's tests of air outside schools find problems - June 9, 2011- updated    June 13, 2011 – USA Today - The federal government's first attempt to assess the dangers from air pollution around schools is nearing completion, and the findings underscore the need for more extensive air monitoring, especially in pollution hot spots, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency says. ...