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Table 25. Percentage of public high schools reporting use of specified school practices: School year 2003–04
School practice | Yes |
---|---|
Require visitors to sign or check in | 98 |
Control access to school buildings during school hours1 | 79 |
Control access to school grounds during school hours2 | 38 |
Require students to pass through metal detectors each day | 4 |
Require visitors to pass through metal detectors | 3 |
Perform one or more random metal detector checks on students | 13 |
Close the campus for most students during lunch | 73 |
Use one or more random dog sniffs to check for drugs | 59 |
Perform one or more random sweeps for contraband, but not including dog sniffs3 | 28 |
Require drug testing for any students | 16 |
Require drug testing for athletes | 10 |
Require drug testing for students in extracurricular activities other than athletics | 6 |
Require students to wear uniforms | 4 |
Enforce a strict dress code | 64 |
Provide school lockers to students | 89 |
Require clear book bags or ban book bags on school grounds | 9 |
Require students to wear badges or picture IDs | 16 |
Require faculty and staff to wear badges or picture IDs | 41 |
Use one or more security cameras to monitor the school | 60 |
Provide telephones in most classrooms | 65 |
Provide two-way radios to any staff | 69 |
Prohibit all tobacco use on school grounds | 93 |
1 Examples of controlled access to school buildings provided to respondents were locked or monitored doors. | |
2 Examples of controlled access to school grounds provided to respondents were locked or monitored gates. | |
3 Examples of contraband provided to respondents were drugs or weapons. | |
NOTE: Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school. | |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2004. |
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