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Clay County reports completed school safety risk assessments; 20 of 24 OSS visits had no deficiencies
Summary
District safety specialist told the school board SSRA submissions will meet the Oct. 1 deadline and summarized last year's Office of Safe Schools audit results: 24 visits, 20 with zero deficiencies (83.3% pass rate).
Clay County School District officials told the school board on Sept. 4 that the district has finished school security risk assessments for every campus and will submit them to the state before the Oct. 1 deadline.
Matthew Boyack, Clay County District School Safety Specialist, told the board the assessments were completed in accordance with state requirements and that district staff met the Office of Safe Schools (OSS) auditors 24 times over the last school year. He said 20 of those visits recorded zero deficiencies, an 83.3% pass rate for the 2024-25 school year.
"The purpose of my speaking here tonight is twofold. 1, to notify the public, superintendent, and school board that all school security risk assessments have been completed and will be submitted to the state before the October 1 deadline," Boyack said. He also said he provided recommendations to the superintendent and the school board following a closed-session briefing on Aug. 26.
Boyack referenced the district's obligation under state law to complete and submit school security risk assessments through the Florida Safe School Assessment tool. He thanked school administrators and district leadership for their work on the assessments and said safety remains the district's top priority.
Superintendent Broski later addressed several items during his update but did not announce additional actions tied to the SSRA report at the Sept. 4 meeting.
Why it matters: The SSRA process and OSS visits are statewide requirements intended to identify physical and procedural safety needs on campuses; a high proportion of "no-deficiency" visits indicates auditors found few immediate compliance problems on the campuses reviewed.
What to watch for: Boyack told the board he had provided recommendations in a closed session on Aug. 26. Any board actions to adopt or fund specific safety improvements would appear on future agendas.
