Virginia Awards $12M in School Security Equipment Grants
The grants will pay for security cameras, communications, visitor IDs, access control and mass notification systems, as well as other security upgrades.
The grants will pay for security cameras, communications, visitor IDs, access control and mass notification systems, as well as other security upgrades.
The Ohio school district also purchased larger screens for each school so personnel can help monitor video surveillance activity.
Coral Springs PD adopted the solution after experiencing communications challenges when its officers responded to the Parkland mass shooting in 2018.
Nearly $50 million in school safety funding was awarded through its School Violence Prevention Program.
Other states are also urging communities with low coronavirus transmission rates to return to some form of in-person learning.
The coronavirus pandemic has shifted the focus for many school districts when it comes to how grant money will be utilized.
The funds will pay for improved safety and security in campus buildings, parking lots and dorms.
The cuts to the SRO program will help the district recoup some of the financial losses it has experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
McKinney ISD will use the grant funds to install more security cameras and improve its visitor management system, among other things.
Alertus Technologies partnered with the National Association of Campus Safety Administrators to award Southern Wesleyan University a grant valued up to $75,000.
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