Tested security-film and attachment systems for forced-entry delay and glass retention, plus ballistic-resistant glazing options for secure entrances and visitor-screening areas. Delaware Code Title 14 §2306 applies to new construction and major renovations; existing-building retrofits are voluntary hardening. Window-film projects completed across 14 Red Clay schools, plus documented work at Sussex Academy, Milford Middle, and Seaford.
A school retrofit is a system, not a single product. The core assembly is a 3M Safety & Security film bonded to the existing glass, then anchored to the frame with the 3M Impact Protection Attachment (IPA) so the filmed pane carries load with the frame instead of being pushed out as a sheet. Where a project specifies a higher level of protection, C-Bond glass treatment is used only as part of a complete tested configuration documented by the manufacturer.
Typical scope on a Delaware campus starts with the exterior entry vestibule, main office glass, and ground-floor classroom sidelights — the openings a forced-entry attempt reaches first. Interior corridor glass and front-office sightlines are often handled separately with frosted or blockout privacy film so staff can hold a lockdown position without being visible.
Most districts we work with phase by building and by opening priority rather than filming an entire campus at once. We field-survey each opening, record glass type and frame condition, and quantify film square footage plus linear feet of attachment so a board sees a defensible number per building.
Documentation is part of the deliverable: 3M product cut sheets, ASTM safety-glazing test data, attachment-system specifications, and installation records for bond-issue packages, capital requests, and state safety-grant applications.
Delaware Code Title 14 §2306, as amended by SB 273, sets security-glazing expectations for new school construction and major renovation projects. Retrofits of existing buildings fall outside that mandate and are voluntary hardening decisions made by the district — which is why most existing-building work is scoped around risk, budget cycles, and building-by-building priority instead of a single compliance deadline.
Scheduling follows the school calendar. Installs are normally staged during summer, winter break, or after-hours windows so classroom and corridor access is never interrupted during instructional time.
No. Security film is not bulletproof and is not designed to stop an intruder. Its role is glass retention and forced-entry delay. Ballistic performance belongs only to complete tested assemblies — specified glass, treatment, film layers, and attachment — and applies only to the exact configuration the manufacturer tested.
Title 14 §2306 applies to new construction and major renovations. Retrofitting glazing in an existing school building is voluntary hardening, typically funded through capital budgets, bond issues, or safety grants.
Yes. School installs are normally scheduled for summer, winter break, or after-hours so occupied classrooms and corridors are never affected.
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