State education agencies (SEAs) play a unique and essential role in supporting schools and school districts as they develop prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery protocols for their emergency operations plans (EOPs). With input from a broad array of stakeholders and experts, SEAs are positioned to aid schools and school districts by aggregating data, providing resources and tools, highlighting promising practices, identifying and anticipating challenges facing schools and school districts, and convening stakeholders to share ideas and address EOP elements. This fact sheet provides information on how SEAs can support schools and school districts with the development and refinement of school EOPs.