(1) There is hereby created in the division the enhance school safety incident response grant program to provide funding for research, program development, and training to improve school safety incident response.
(2) Grant recipients may use the money received through the grant program for the following purposes:
Developing and providing training programs, curriculums, and seminars related toschool safety incident response;
Developing best practices and protocols related to school safety incident response;
Conducting research and development relating to school safety incident response;and
Upgrading technology and infrastructure used to provide training and education related to school safety incident response.
The division shall administer the grant program and, subject to available appropriations, shall award grants as provided in this part 22. Subject to available appropriations, grants shall be paid out of money appropriated for the grant program as provided in section 2433.5-2206.
The division shall implement the grant program in accordance with this part 22 andshall establish guidelines as necessary to accomplish the purposes of this part 22.
Source: L. 2018: Entire part added, (HB 18-1413), ch. 237, p. 1480, § 1, effective May 24.