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Table 26. Percentage of public schools reporting use of specified security practices, by selected school characteristics: 1999–2000
Practice | Yes | No |
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Require visitors to sign or check in | 97 | 3 |
Control access to school buildings during school hours1 | 75 | 25 |
Control access to school grounds during school hours2 | 34 | 66 |
Require students to pass through metal detectors each day | 1 | 99 |
Require visitors to pass through metal detectors | 1 | 99 |
Perform one or more random metal detector checks on students | 7 | 93 |
Close the campus for most students during lunch | 65 | 35 |
Use one or more random dog sniffs to check for drugs | 21 | 79 |
Perform one or more random sweeps for contraband,3 but not including dog sniffs | 12 | 88 |
Require drug testing for any students4 | 4 | 96 |
Require students to wear uniforms | 12 | 88 |
Enforce a strict dress code | 47 | 53 |
Provide a printed code of student conduct to students | 93 | 7 |
Provide a printed code of student conduct to parents | 92 | 8 |
Provide school lockers to students | 46 | 54 |
Require clear book bags or ban book bags on school grounds | 6 | 94 |
Require students to wear badges or picture IDs | 4 | 96 |
Require faculty and staff to wear badges or picture IDs | 25 | 75 |
Use one or more security cameras to monitor the school | 19 | 81 |
Provide telephones in most classrooms | 45 | 55 |
Prohibit all tobacco use on school grounds | 90 | 10 |
1 For example, locked or monitored doors. | ||
2 For example, locked or monitored gates. | ||
3 For example, drugs or weapons. | ||
4 For example, athletes. | ||
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. "At school/at your school" was defined for respondents as including activities happening in school buildings, on school grounds, on school buses, and at places that are holding school-sponsored events or activities. Respondents were instructed to, unless the survey specified otherwise, only respond for those times that were during normal school hours or when school activities/events were in session. | ||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2000. |
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