DEFINITION:
A school-associated violent death is any homicide, suicide, or weapons-related violent death in the United States in which the fatal injury occurred:
1) on the property of a functioning public, private or parochial elementary or secondary school, Kindergarten through grade 12, (including alternative schools);
2) on the way to or from regular sessions at such a school;
3) while person was attending or was on the way to or from an official school-sponsored event;
4) as an obvious direct result of school incident/s, function/s or activities, whether on or off school bus/vehicle or school property.
* Note: Not a scientific survey. Since information is taken from newspaper clipping services, it is possible that not all such clippings have reached the NSSC.