Oregon school safety

School safety mapping laws & grants in Oregon

Not yet. Oregon has no school-mapping law in force; a 2025 bill, HB 3562, would have required interoperable campus maps for responders, but it stalled in committee and never passed, so the current statute carries no mapping requirement.

Oregon does NOT currently have a law requiring schools to provide digital critical-incident maps / floor-plan data to first responders. A 2025 bill (HB 3562) would have created exactly such a mandate by amending ORS 336.071, but it stalled in the House Committee on Education (sub-referred to Ways and Means) and did not become law. The current published text of ORS 336.071 contains no school-mapping requirement.[1]

Why this matters in Oregon

Why Oregon schools need this now

Oregon's HB 3562 would have required interoperable campus maps for responders, but it stalled in committee and never passed, leaving the standard unwritten and yours to claim. Across 1,296 schools and 222 districts, the forward-leaning ones can build to exactly what that bill described before it returns and becomes a deadline. When responders reach an Oregon campus mid-incident, a live, shareable twin beats a static plan every second of the way.

Proposed legislation

What Oregon is proposing

Law
HB 3562 (2025) - amending ORS 336.071 (Emergency procedures)[2]
Statute
Oregon HB 3562 (2025 Regular Session); proposed amendment to ORS 336.071[2]
Compliance
None in force. The bill declared an emergency with an intended effective date of July 1, 2025, but it did not pass, so no compliance deadline exists.[2]

What the bill would require: AS PROPOSED (NOT ENACTED): every school's emergency safeguards would have to include creation and maintenance of school maps made available to local and state public safety agencies responsible for emergency services at the school. The maps would be required to: (A) conform to, integrate with, and be accessible within software platforms used by the agencies and in local public safety answering points (PSAPs); (B) not require agencies to purchase additional software or pay fees to access the data; and (C) be capable of being printed, shared electronically, and digitally integrated into interactive mobile platforms. Maps would have to be verified for accuracy by the producing entity through an on-site walkthrough of school buildings and grounds. The bill would have appropriated General Fund money to the Oregon Department of Education to reimburse districts for map-production costs.[2]

Funding

Grants that help Oregon schools pay for it

Districts often combine state and federal programs to fund first-responder mapping, AI threat detection, and emergency communications. We list only currently open or recurring programs; amounts and deadlines change, so confirm each at its official source before applying.

Federal programs (available nationwide)

COPS School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP)Annual
Funding FY26: up to $73,000,000 total available, awarded over a 3-year (36-month) period with at least a 25% local cash match required (waiver possible) and approximately $1,000,000 reserved for microgrants of up to $100,000 for rural, tribal, and low-resourced school districts. Confirm the current per-award cap directly on the official COPS SVPP program page before applying, as the FY26 figure is being finalized.
Coordination with law enforcement; training for school personnel and local law enforcement officers to prevent student violence against others and self; placement/use of metal detectors, locks, lighting and other deterrent measures; acquisition and installation of technology for expedited notification of local law enforcement during an emergency; other Director-approved security improvements at K-12 schools and on school grounds. (This is the COPS-administered arm of the STOP School Violence Act of 2018, focused on security equipment/technology and training.) (U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office))
Deadline: FY26: Grants.gov SF-424 by Aug 4, 2026 4:59 PM ET; JustGrants by Aug 11, 2026 4:59 PM ET. Annual competitive cycle (typically opens spring/summer each fiscal year).Listing: 16.710[3]
Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence)Rolling
Funding Two tiers, both at Secretary's discretion (subject to appropriations) sized to the incident: Immediate Services (emergency short-term assistance) and Extended Services (longer recovery). No fixed published cap on the official ed.gov page; funding amounts and project periods are established case-by-case to reflect the scope of the incident and recovery needs.
Short-term education-related services to help schools/campuses recover from and respond to a violent or traumatic event and restore the learning environment (e.g., mental health/counseling support, security and safety measures during recovery, substitute staffing, overtime, communication). Qualifying events: school shootings, suicide clusters, terrorism, natural disasters, school bus accidents, student homicides, hate crimes (non-exhaustive). (U.S. Department of Education - Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Safe and Supportive Schools)
Recurring program, confirm the current cycle at the sourceListing: 84.184S[4]

See full details on each federal funding program, including eligibility, deadlines, and how each can apply to responder-ready mapping.

How schools comply

From paper plans to a map responders can actually use

With legislation only proposed, forward-leaning districts can adopt the very standard HB 3562 described before it returns. One LiDAR-and-drone scan delivers a live 3D digital twin, printable, shareable, and mobile-integratable, that connects to responders through RapidSOS with nothing new for agencies to buy or install. Static PDFs go stale the moment a building changes, and they cannot be shared live with arriving units.

Ark Strategic builds a live 3D digital twin of a campus from a LiDAR and drone scan, often completed in a single day though larger campuses can take longer, with every room, exit, utility shutoff, AED, and access point labeled. Responders reach it two ways, neither of which requires anything new to install: through RapidSOS, the platform already connected to the vast majority of US 911 centers, or in any web browser, since the twin runs in the cloud. Either way, your 911 center and on-scene units see the campus inside tools they already have.

A flat floor plan tells responders where the walls are. A digital twin shows them where to go. The platform and setup are bundled into one deployment, often grant-funded, so there is no separate software line item for the district. See how the K-12 platform works.

FAQ

Oregon school safety, answered

Does Oregon require school safety mapping?
Not yet. Oregon has no school-mapping law in force; a 2025 bill, HB 3562, would have required interoperable campus maps for responders, but it stalled in committee and never passed, so the current statute carries no mapping requirement. Oregon does NOT currently have a law requiring schools to provide digital critical-incident maps / floor-plan data to first responders. A 2025 bill (HB 3562) would have created exactly such a mandate by amending ORS 336.071, but it stalled in the House Committee on Education (sub-referred to Ways and Means) and did not become law. The current published text of ORS 336.071 contains no school-mapping requirement.
What does HB 3562 (2025) - amending ORS 336.071 (Emergency procedures) require?
AS PROPOSED (NOT ENACTED): every school's emergency safeguards would have to include creation and maintenance of school maps made available to local and state public safety agencies responsible for emergency services at the school. The maps would be required to: (A) conform to, integrate with, and be accessible within software platforms used by the agencies and in local public safety answering points (PSAPs); (B) not require agencies to purchase additional software or pay fees to access the data; and (C) be capable of being printed, shared electronically, and digitally integrated into interactive mobile platforms. Maps would have to be verified for accuracy by the producing entity through an on-site walkthrough of school buildings and grounds. The bill would have appropriated General Fund money to the Oregon Department of Education to reimburse districts for map-production costs.
When must Oregon schools comply?
None in force. The bill declared an emergency with an intended effective date of July 1, 2025, but it did not pass, so no compliance deadline exists. HB 3562 (2025) - amending ORS 336.071 (Emergency procedures). Districts should confirm current timelines with their state education agency.
What grants help Oregon schools pay for safety mapping?
Oregon districts may be eligible for programs including COPS School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP), Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence). Eligibility, amounts, and deadlines vary by program and should be confirmed at each program's official source.
What is critical incident mapping?
Critical incident mapping is the practice of giving first responders accurate, current digital maps of a building, with rooms, exits, utility shutoffs, AEDs, and access points labeled and shareable in real time, so police, fire, and EMS can navigate an unfamiliar campus during an emergency.

New to the terms? See the school safety mapping glossary for plain-language, sourced definitions, or the national FAQ for the questions districts ask most.

Sources

Every claim, cited

We do not ask you to take our word for any of this. Each numbered citation above links to its primary government source below, with the date we last verified it. Programs and deadlines change, so confirm current rules at the source. How we verify.

  1. Oregon Legislative Information System (OLIS) - HB 3562 (2025) measure overview verified 2026-06-23
  2. Oregon Legislative Information System (OLIS) - HB 3562 (2025) measure overview verified 2026-06-23
  3. COPS Office - School Violence Prevention Program (official program page) verified 2026-06-23
  4. U.S. Department of Education - Project SERV (official program page) verified 2026-06-23
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