SB 68 Safety & Compliance Audits

Missouri Senate Bill 68 requires schools to conduct comprehensive safety audits, appoint a qualified safety coordinator, implement threat assessment protocols, and submit compliance documentation to DESE. Charter schools and public districts are both subject to these requirements.

The safety coordinator appointment and compliance documentation requirements took effect July 1, 2026. If you have not completed an independent audit, designated a coordinator with documented authority, or assembled your DESE documentation, you are out of compliance now, and that gap becomes a liability in any incident, authorizer review, or renewal. The fastest path is a scoped audit to establish exactly where you stand, followed by a sequenced remediation plan. Most single-campus engagements complete in three to five weeks.

SB 68 requires each school to designate a qualified safety coordinator responsible for overseeing safety audits, threat assessment protocols, crisis response planning, and DESE reporting. The coordinator must have appropriate training and authority to implement safety measures.

Most single-campus audits complete in three to five weeks: one to two weeks of scoping and document review, one to three days of onsite fieldwork, and two to three weeks of analysis and reporting. Multi-campus districts scale accordingly.

Both. Audit engagements can include an optional remediation phase: protocol revisions, staff training, and documentation rebuilds that close findings and bring a late-compliant school into a defensible position.

Yes. C II C is an independent third-party firm. We hold no ongoing operational role at the organizations we audit, which is exactly the separation authorizers and reviewers expect.