No Joke Campaign

Threats Are No Joke! is a powerful PSA that highlights the serious consequences of making or sharing threats, even if they’re meant as a joke. In this PSA, viewers see how a single text message shared among students quickly escalates into chaos, triggering fear, confusion, and a full law enforcement response. This PSA serves as a critical reminder that in today’s world, there’s no such thing as “just a joke” when it comes to threats about school violence, school safety, or harm to others. Whether spoken out loud, posted online, or sent in a text, threats, real or fake, can lead to legal consequences, school discipline, and have long-term consequences for a student’s future.

• Students who make threats could be expelled from school, and if arrested, go to jail for up to 2 years and pay up to a $10,000 fine. Talk to your student about the consequences of making or sharing threats. This parent guide will get you started: bit.ly/45LZgXo
   

• Threats, real or fake, can lead to legal consequences, school discipline, and long-term impacts on a student's future. Watch this powerful PSA to learn more and share the message:

  Don't do it. Don't share it. Report it!

  Watch here: bit.ly/45fh1OL

• Parents, what would your student do if they saw or heard a threat? Make sure they know how to use their school's anonymous reporting system and encourage them to tell an adult they trust. Speaking up isn't snitching. Speaking up is how we stay safe.