Deadline Extended for Ohio Schools to Claim School Safety Grant Money
The deadline has been extended until Nov. 30 for the 27 percent of eligible Ohio schools who have not claimed their school safety grant money yet.
The deadline has been extended until Nov. 30 for the 27 percent of eligible Ohio schools who have not claimed their school safety grant money yet.
Nearly 150 school districts in Tennessee have been awarded $35M for school security and safety funding, recommended by the Governor’s School Safety Working Group.
A total of 735 schools have applied to receive grant money, which can be used for building upgrades, faculty training and mental health resources.
The Michigan Senate approved an estimated $58 million for school safety funding while New Hampshire approved $10 million in security grants.
The second largest county in New Jersey announced Tuesday it will be allocating $20 million of its capital budget to fund school security upgrades.
The preparedness grants, aimed to improve the nation’s readiness in preventing and responding to emergencies, total over $1.6 billion.
The governor of Maryland has proposed a $125 million school security plan, which would be paid for by casino revenue received by the state.
Districts and local and state governments are investigating ways to upgrade school safety as a result of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting.
The money is part of the state’s Competitive School Safety Grant Program.
The district in Topeka, Kansas, adopted the camera systems to improve security.
Join Campus Safety and Stephen Lopez, Chief of the New Mexico State University Police Department to learn how to apply the KISUS (Keep It Simple Under Stress) principle so that emergency plans are easy to train, learn, and utilize.
New tracking technology is now available to help campus officials make the best decisions and keep students and staff safe when severe weather strikes.
