| INDIANAPOLIS- Indiana continues to make strong investments to help students, teachers and staff stay safe at school. Indiana’s successful Secured School Safety Grant Program provides state funding to local districts to address security needs like employing a school resource officer, purchasing equipment or enhancing physical security. During the legislative session, local State Representative Ethan Manning supported a new law to increase funding for school safety and expand how these grants can be used, including technology upgrades that offer active alert warning systems, digital mapping and more. They also took steps to improve coordination with schools, local government and law enforcement. A total of 605 projects for 474 Hoosier schools recently received matching state grants, which can be used for a variety of items, such as resource and law enforcement officers in schools. | |
| In the area, safety grant recipients and award amounts include: Lewis Cass Schools, $32,500; Logansport Community School Corp., $100,000; Maconaquah School Corp., $57,937; North Miami Community Schools, $87,000; Peru Community Schools, $100,000; and Pioneer Regional School Corp., $50,000. Since 2013, Hoosier schools have received nearly $163 million in total matching grants through the Secured School Fund. |
