California Education Code Section 32286 requires each school site to review and update its school safety plan, which must be developed and written by a School Site Council (SSC) or its designated Safety Planning Committee in collaboration with teachers, classified staff, parents, and first responders to ensure they are up-to-date and complete. The plans must have policies and procedures addressing critical issues including: disaster preparedness; crisis response; mental and physical health; earthquake emergencies; school learning environment; discipline, suspension, and/or expulsion; hate crime reporting; child abuse and more. Schools are required to review, update, and approve its plan by March 1, every year and seek the approval of their Educational boards annually. Coachella Valley Unified School District Board approved the 2023-2024 Comprehensive School Safety Plans on March 9, 2023.