The Ministry of Education is seeking educational and security experts on gang and gun violence, online bullying, sextortion and other student safety issues for B.C. schools.
“Since 2012, this has included contracting for provincial school safety services to ensure supports are available to students and schools 24/7.” The ministry’s allocated funding for the services is $415,000 but it has discretion to fund up to $1 million to meet demands subject to internal approvals.The documents provide a number of definitions including that of gun violence. That is described as, “violence that involves the use or threat of a firearm. It includes homicide, violent crime, attempted suicide, suicide and unintentional death and injury.
ERASE supports the 60 public school districts, independent school authorities and First Nations schools.