California Education Code (§32280 – 32289) provides the requirements for a Comprehensive Safe School Plan. Education Code (§35294.6) requires that each school site review and update their school safety plan by March 1 of each year. The following Education Code sections detail some of the requirements for a comprehensive school safety plan, specifically CEC §35294.1 (b) (1) indicating that the school site council will write and develop a comprehensive school safety plan relevant to the needs and resources of that particular school. Also, CEC §35294.1(2) provides that the school site council may delegate this responsibility to a school safety planning committee and requires that the school safety plan include the following:

• Assessing the current status of school crime.
• Identifying appropriate strategies and programs that will promote school safety and address the school's procedures for complying with existing laws related to school safety, such as:
• Child Abuse Reporting Procedures
• Disaster procedures, routine, and emergency (SEMS/NIMS: State Emergency Management System/National Incident Management System).
• Suspension, expulsion, or mandatory expulsion recommendations.
• Procedures to notify teachers of dangerous pupils.
• Sexual harassment policy.
• Provisions of any school wide dress code.
• Procedures for safe ingress and egress.
• Safe and orderly environment and rules and procedures on school discipline.

The comprehensive safe school plan must also comply with the principles of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act