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Indiana plans to make an anonymous school safety tip line available to K-12 schools starting in January. The optional, no-cost service is expected to receive a $1 million state investment and be monitored year-round, with urgent reports referred to school officials or emergency responders when needed.
Indiana plans to open an anonymous school safety tip line to K-12 schools in January, giving students, staff and families a way to report concerns such as bullying, threats or violence. The optional service will be available to schools at no cost and is part of a planned $1 million state investment, the governor’s office said.
The tip line is intended for reports about possible safety issues, including bullying, threats, violence and concerns about someone who may be struggling. Gov. Mike Braun said students, school staff and families would be able to submit reports anonymously. The announcement does not specify a phone number, website, text option or other method for making a report.
Indiana’s Office of School Safety is expected to oversee outreach and education for schools in the months before the launch. The service is planned to have 24-hour, year-round monitoring by trained safety specialists. Office Director Julie Smith said urgent concerns would be escalated to designated school officials and emergency responders when necessary.
Participation will be optional for schools, although the state says the program will be offered to all K-12 schools without a fee. The governor’s office described the initiative as a $1 million investment; the available report does not break down how that amount will be spent or specify how long it is intended to fund the service.
Round-the-Clock Reporting for Schools
A monitored reporting channel could give people a way to raise safety concerns outside normal school hours, rather than relying only on in-person reports during the school day. That matters because the state says reports will be monitored 24/7/365 and urgent cases may be directed to school officials or emergency responders.
The service’s reach will depend in part on whether schools choose to participate and whether students, families and staff know how to use it. The state has announced the plan, but has not yet provided details about its reporting channels, response procedures or how it will measure use and outcomes. The line is one part of Indiana’s school-safety work, not a stated replacement for existing school or emergency reporting routes.
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Indiana’s School Safety Office
Braun created the Office of School Safety the previous year as part of his public safety agenda, according to the report. The office absorbed the Indiana Secured School Safety Board’s role in overseeing millions of dollars in annual safety grants awarded to schools. The planned tip line adds a reporting service to that broader state structure.
Indiana also has a separate anonymous reporting system called Eyes on Education, operated by Attorney General Todd Rokita. The report describes that system as focused on alleged inappropriate curriculum or staff actions, including issues involving LGBTQ+ topics, critical race theory, discrimination and comments about Charlie Kirk. The new tip line is described as a school-safety service covering concerns such as bullying, threats and violence; the announcement does not explain how the two systems will coordinate or distinguish overlapping reports.
““Students, staff and families will be able to anonymously report bullying, threats, violence or concerns about someone who may be struggling.””
— Gov. Mike Braun
Launch Details Still Pending
The state has announced a January start, but the source does not identify the year, exact launch date or the channels people will use to submit tips. It also does not say how the program will verify, prioritize or follow up on reports, or what information a person would need to provide for an urgent concern to be escalated.
The announcement does not clarify how anonymity will be protected, what information may be shared with schools or responders, or how the service will handle reports that do not meet an emergency threshold. The $1 million figure is given as the investment, but a budget breakdown and funding duration are not provided. It is also unknown how many schools will opt in or how the state will evaluate the line’s performance.
Schools Prepare for January
Indiana’s Office of School Safety plans to hold outreach and education sessions with schools over the coming months. Those sessions are expected to help schools learn about the program before it becomes available and decide whether to participate. The source does not provide a schedule for the sessions or say when the state will publish instructions for submitting tips.
Further information from state officials is needed to establish the exact launch date, access methods and operational procedures. Until those details are released, the confirmed plan is an optional, no-cost service for K-12 schools, with round-the-clock monitoring and escalation of urgent concerns when necessary.
Key Questions
When is Indiana’s school safety tip line expected to start?
The state plans to make it available in January. The report does not specify the year or an exact date.
Who can submit a report?
Gov. Mike Braun said students, school staff and families will be able to report concerns anonymously.
What concerns is the line intended to cover?
The examples given include bullying, threats, violence and concerns about someone who may be struggling. The state has not released a full list of report categories.
Will schools have to join or pay for the service?
No. Participation is described as optional, and the service will be offered to schools at no cost.
How will urgent tips be handled?
Office of School Safety Director Julie Smith said trained specialists will monitor reports around the clock and refer urgent concerns to designated school officials and emergency responders when necessary. Further operating details have not been provided.
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