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Table 26. Percentage of public elementary schools reporting use of specified security practices, by selected school characteristics: 1999–2000
Practice | Yes | No |
---|---|---|
Require visitors to sign or check in | 97 | 3 |
Control access to school buildings during school hours1 | 77 | 23 |
Control access to school grounds during school hours2 | 36 | 64 |
Require students to pass through metal detectors each day | ‡ | 100 |
Require visitors to pass through metal detectors | ‡ | 100 |
Perform one or more random metal detector checks on students | 4 | 96 |
Close the campus for most students during lunch | 58 | 42 |
Use one or more random dog sniffs to check for drugs | 4 | 96 |
Perform one or more random sweeps for contraband,3 but not including dog sniffs | 3 | 97 |
Require drug testing for any students4 | 1 | 99 |
Require students to wear uniforms | 15 | 85 |
Enforce a strict dress code | 41 | 59 |
Provide a printed code of student conduct to students | 90 | 10 |
Provide a printed code of student conduct to parents | 92 | 8 |
Provide school lockers to students | 21 | 79 |
Require clear book bags or ban book bags on school grounds | 2 | 98 |
Require students to wear badges or picture IDs | 2 | 98 |
Require faculty and staff to wear badges or picture IDs | 27 | 73 |
Use one or more security cameras to monitor the school | 14 | 86 |
Provide telephones in most classrooms | 45 | 55 |
Prohibit all tobacco use on school grounds | 89 | 11 |
‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||
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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