Oregon school safety

School mapping bill & safety 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 do Oregon schools need responder-ready maps 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 would Oregon’s bill require?

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. HB 3562 (2025) would have required school maps under ORS 336.071 and declared an emergency with an intended July 1, 2025 effective date, but it was still in the House Committee on Education (with a referral to Joint Ways and Means) when the 2025 regular session ended, so it never took effect. No Oregon mapping mandate exists as of August 24, 2026.^[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

What grants help Oregon schools pay for mapping?

Oregon 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)Closed

Funding FY26: up to $73,000,000 total available; maximum federal share of $500,000 per award; approximately 200 awards anticipated; 36-month period of performance starting October 1, 2026. A local cash match of at least 25 percent is required unless a waiver is requested and approved. Approximately $1,000,000 was reserved for microgrants of up to $100,000 for rural, tribal, and low-resourced school districts. These are the closed FY26 figures, not a forecast for FY27.

Funds school security technology and equipment, including systems that speed law-enforcement notification during an emergency. (U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office))

Most recent cycle closed. Confirm the next cycle at the official source.Listing: 16.710Full program details ^[3]

STOP School Violence Program (BJA) - Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School ViolenceClosed

Funding FY25 solicitation (the most recent on record): award ceiling $2,000,000, award floor $0, 79 awards anticipated. UNVERIFIED: the total program funding figure and the Category 1 / Category 2 split. The Grants.gov synopsis records total program funding as $2,000,000 against 79 awards at a $2,000,000 ceiling, which is internally inconsistent and appears to be a data-entry artefact, and the previously published ~$83,000,000 total and category breakdown could not be re-confirmed on a primary source in this pass. Treat the per-award ceiling as the reliable figure.

Funds evidence-based violence prevention: threat assessment, anonymous reporting, and law-enforcement coordination (cannot fund cameras, locks, or fencing). (U.S. Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Justice Programs)

Most recent cycle closed. Confirm the next cycle at the official source.Listing: 16.839Full program details ^[4]

Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence)Rolling

Funding Awards are sized to the incident and vary widely; there is no published per-award cap and no match requirement. The ten published FY2026 awards range from $25,434 (Lower Kuskokwim School District, AK) to $439,630 (Anchorage School District, AK). FY2025 awards ranged from $12,989 to $1,252,000. Two tiers exist, both at the Secretary's discretion and subject to appropriations: Immediate Services (emergency short-term assistance) and Extended Services (longer recovery).

Funds short-term recovery services, including security measures, after a school experiences a violent or traumatic event. (U.S. Department of Education - Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Safe and Supportive Schools)

Deadline: No fixed deadline, event-driven. LEAs and IHEs apply on a rolling basis after a qualifying traumatic event by contacting the Department of Education. The program now lists separate contacts for school-violence SERV and natural-disaster SERV; get the current contact from the official program page rather than a cached address.Listing: 84.184SFull program details ^[5]

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

How schools comply

How do Oregon schools go 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

What else do Oregon districts ask about school mapping?

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. HB 3562 (2025) would have required school maps under ORS 336.071 and declared an emergency with an intended July 1, 2025 effective date, but it was still in the House Committee on Education (with a referral to Joint Ways and Means) when the 2025 regular session ended, so it never took effect. No Oregon mapping mandate exists as of August 24, 2026. 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 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

Where does every claim on this page come from?

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.

Oregon Legislative Information System (OLIS) - HB 3562 (2025) measure overview verified 2026-08-24
Oregon Legislative Information System (OLIS) - HB 3562 (2025) measure overview verified 2026-06-23
COPS Office - School Violence Prevention Program (official program page) verified 2026-09-01
Bureau of Justice Assistance - Available Funding (current open opportunities listing) verified 2026-09-01
U.S. Department of Education - Project SERV (official program page) verified 2026-09-01

Compare across state lines

What do the states bordering Oregon require?

School safety mapping varies by state line. See where the states next door stand.

See how the rest of the West region compares on school safety mapping.

Free brief

Want the Oregon brief on one page?

A printable summary of Oregon’s mapping mandate, the grants that fund it, the buyer-side standard, and a district readiness checklist. Built to forward to your board.

→ Mandate status and key deadlines
→ State and federal grants that pay for it
→ Readiness checklist, every claim cited

Which Oregon grants does your district actually qualify for?

A free 15-minute review of which Oregon mapping grants your district qualifies for and how to get ahead of the proposed requirement with a live digital twin.

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→ Grant guidance for Oregon districts