Texas School Safety Center

What Texas School Safety Center does

The Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) is an official university-level research center at Texas State University, established in 2013 and headquartered at 601 University Drive, San Marcos, Texas. TxSSC is statutorily designated by Texas Education Code Chapter 37 and the Governor's Homeland Security Strategic Plan as the state's clearinghouse for school safety and security information, research, training, and technical assistance for K-12 public schools, open-enrollment charter schools, and public junior colleges. The organization operates with 65 employees and manages over $22,000,000 in designated research funding from federal and state agencies including the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the National Institute of Justice, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Texas Legislature.

TxSSC's product portfolio centers on a comprehensive library of free toolkits (the EOP Basic Plan Toolkit, Reunification for Schools Annex Toolkit, School Behavioral Threat Assessment Toolkit, Active Threat Toolkit, Cybersecurity Toolkit, and 20+ additional topic-specific annex toolkits), an online School Safety Learning Portal hosting state-mandated prerequisite courses, and a series of training programs including the state-mandated seven-hour live virtual School Behavioral Threat Assessment (SBTA) training series and TCOLE-accredited School-Based Law Enforcement (SBLE) courses at introductory, intermediary, advanced, and master levels. The center also operates the annual Texas School Safety Conference, the Texas E-Cigarette and Tobacco Awareness Program (ETAP), the Tobacco Enforcement Program (TEP) contracting with local law enforcement at $125 per controlled buy/sting, the Say What! youth tobacco prevention program, and the Youth School Safety Program.

All training programs, toolkits, and resources are provided at no charge to Texas school districts, charter schools, and junior colleges. TxSSC generates no commercial revenue; its operating model is entirely government-funded through federal and state grants and interagency contracts. Go-to-market is a hybrid of event-driven engagement (the annual conference, regional trainings, tabletop exercises) and direct digital delivery through the website portal, online courses, and Toolkit downloads — distribution amplified by alignment with the Texas Education Agency's Sentinel system and the Regional Education Service Centers.

Name

Texas School Safety Center

Legal name

Texas School Safety Center

Website

https://txssc.txstate.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Texas School Safety Center is a university-level research center at Texas State University that serves as the state-mandated clearinghouse for school safety training, toolkits, and technical assistance for all Texas K-12 public schools, charter schools, and junior colleges.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

School Safety Training and Compliance Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Risk Management, Safety Compliance & Emergency Operations (Ops-Led) (EDAJAHAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Education Campus Guarding (Schools, Universities) (BPAKAAAI), Fire & Life Safety Systems (Alarms, Sprinklers, Extinguishers, Inspections) (EDAEACAF)

Keywords

• School safety training
• Emergency operations planning
• Behavioral threat assessment
• School security audits
• School safety toolkits

Headquarters

HQ city

San Marcos

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Federal and State Research Grants: The TxSSC manages over $22,000,000 in designated research funding from federal and state agencies. Funding sources include Texas Health and Human Services, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, and the Texas Legislature.
2. Tobacco Enforcement Program: State-funded program where TxSSC contracts with local law enforcement agencies for tobacco enforcement activities. Funded by Texas Department of State Health Services through a contract with TxSSC. Contractors receive $125.00 per completed controlled buy/sting.
3. E-Cigarette and Tobacco Awareness Program: State's official vaping and tobacco awareness program for individuals under 21 cited for possession. Funded by Texas Department of State Health Services through contract with TxSSC.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Texas School Safety Center serves as the state-mandated clearinghouse for K-12 and junior college school safety in Texas, providing a portfolio of free downloadable toolkits for multi-hazard emergency operations planning, state-mandated virtual and in-person training programs, an online learning portal, the annual Texas School Safety Conference, and tobacco prevention/enforcement programs. Services are delivered free of charge to all Texas public school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and junior community colleges under Texas Education Code Chapter 37.

Product overview

The Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) is an official university-level research center at Texas State University that serves as a clearinghouse for school safety and security information through research, training, and technical assistance for K-12 schools and junior colleges in Texas. The portfolio consists of a comprehensive library of toolkits (including the EOP Basic Plan Toolkit, Reunification for Schools Annex Toolkit, School Behavioral Threat Assessment Toolkit, Active Threat for Schools Toolkit, Cybersecurity Toolkit, and many others covering specific emergency scenarios), an online School Safety Learning Portal hosting courses including the SBTA prerequisite course and the E-Cigarette and Tobacco Awareness Referral Course, and in-person/virtual training programs including state-mandated SBTA training and TCOLE-accredited School-Based Law Enforcement trainings. The center also operates the annual Texas School Safety Conference, the Youth School Safety Program, the Tobacco Enforcement Program, the Say What! tobacco prevention program, a School Safety Registry of consultants, and the Sheriff School Safety Meeting Search tool. The portfolio is organized around the multi-hazard emergency operations planning framework mandated by Texas Education Code Chapter 37, with toolkits providing templates and resources for districts to build legally compliant emergency plans.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Texas E-Cigarette and Tobacco Awareness Program (ETAP): The state's official vaping and tobacco awareness program for individuals under 21 cited for possession of tobacco products.
• Youth School Safety Program
• Tobacco Enforcement Program (TEP)
• Say What!

Products and services

• Reunification for Schools Annex Toolkit
• EOP Basic Plan Toolkit

Quantifiable outcome

• Provides state-mandated training to all Texas schools required by Texas Education Code
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• The "I Love U Guys" FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Standard Response Protocol (SRP) and Standard Reunification Method (SRM) toolkits for Texas K-12 schools. The foundation developed SRP/SRM and TxSSC created Texas-specific editions incorporating state guidance and mandates. Partnership includes tabletop exercises, train-the-trainer programs, and annual reunification exercises.
• Safe and Sound SchoolsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the 'Staying Safe' curriculum for K-12 students, developed with Safe and Sound Schools and ALERRT. The program teaches students emergency response through age-appropriate modules: Get Out, Keep Out, Hide Out (elementary) and Avoid, Deny, Disrupt (secondary). Also partnered on Especially Safe: An Inclusive Approach to Safety Preparedness trainings.
• Sandy Hook PromiseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to deliver Sandy Hook Promise's no-cost Know the Signs programs including Start with Hello (social isolation prevention) and Say Something (violence warning sign recognition) training programs for Texas schools.
• International Center for Digital Threat Assessment (powered by Safer Schools Together)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the Texas School Personnel's Guide to Social Media toolkit. Partners monitor and update content to keep pace with evolving technology and social media trends relevant to digital threat assessment.
• Office of the Attorney General of TexasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOffice developed the 'Be the One in the Fight Against Human Trafficking' video resource used in TxSSC programming and toolkits for Texas schools.
• Texas Department of Public SafetymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on safe gun storage information as required by Texas Education Code 37.222. TxSSC provides gun storage information in collaboration with DPS for distribution to parents/guardians.
• Texas Education AgencycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTxSSC coordinates with TEA on school safety mandates, behavioral threat assessment model policies, and Sentinel system alignment. TEA provides technical assistance for Sentinel functionality while TxSSC focuses on SBTA implementation guidance.
• Local Law Enforcement Agencies (Texas)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTxSSC contracts with local law enforcement agencies statewide to conduct tobacco enforcement (controlled buy/stings) through the Tobacco Enforcement Program. Reimburses $125 per completed sting operation.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• CrisisGo: School safety and emergency operations platform providing panic button, mass notification, and EOP modules for K-12 districts; comparable as a commercial EOP and emergency communications technology vendor whose product scope overlaps with TxSSC's Emergency Communications and EOP Basic Plan toolkits.
• ALICE Training: Commercial active-threat civilian response training program widely adopted by US K-12 schools; comparable as a competing active-threat training curriculum that districts may choose over TxSSC's Active Threat for Schools toolkit content.
• Navigate360: Commercial K-12 safety and wellness platform offering emergency management, behavioral threat assessment, and ALICE-based training; comparable as a commercial alternative delivering integrated safety solutions that overlap with TxSSC's toolkits and SBTA training mandate.
• Safer Schools Together: Canadian-origin provider of digital threat assessment, social media monitoring, and school safety training; comparable as a partner with TxSSC on the Texas School Personnel's Guide to Social Media toolkit and a provider of overlapping digital threat assessment training.
• Raptor Technologies: Leading commercial K-12 school safety platform used by thousands of US districts for visitor management, emergency management, and threat assessment; comparable as a competing provider of EOP tools, threat assessment workflows, and drill management that complements or substitutes parts of TxSSC's toolkit suite.

Direct peers

• ALERRT (Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training): Also based at Texas State University and provides active-threat and law enforcement training; directly comparable as a sister center delivering TCOLE-aligned response training to Texas schools and law enforcement, with overlapping instructor and policy ecosystems.
• Sandy Hook Promise: National violence prevention organization delivering no-cost school programs such as Start with Hello and Say Something; comparable as a provider of K-12 threat-awareness and social-emotional training that TxSSC actively distributes to Texas districts.
• Safe and Sound Schools: National nonprofit founded after Sandy Hook providing school safety programs, training, and the "Staying Safe" student curriculum; directly comparable as a K-12 safety training and curriculum provider, and a TxSSC partner on inclusive preparedness programming.
• "I Love U Guys" Foundation: Developer of the Standard Response Protocol and Standard Reunification Method used in K-12 schools nationwide; directly comparable as a creator of school safety curricula and protocols, and a core TxSSC partner on Texas-specific SRP/SRM editions.

Broad incumbents

• National School Safety Center: National nonprofit providing school safety training, resources, and consulting since 1984. Comparable as a clearinghouse for school safety information and training, but operates at the national level rather than being a state-mandated entity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TxSchoolSafety
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/TexasSchoolSafetyCenter
• Facebookfacebook.com/txssc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/texas-school-safety-center
• Instagraminstagram.com/txschoolsafety

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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