Sec. 3. (a) The secured school safety board is established to approve or disapprove applications for matching grants to fund programs described in section 2(a)(1) of this chapter and grants described in section 2(a)(2) of this chapter to fund the initial set up costs for an active event warning system.
(b) The board consists of seven (7) members appointed as follows:
(1) The executive director of the department of homeland security or the executive director's designee. The executive director of the department of homeland security or the executive director's designee serves as the chairperson of the board.
(2) The attorney general or the attorney general's designee.
(3) The superintendent of the state police department or the superintendent's designee.
(4) A local law enforcement officer appointed by the governor.
(5) The secretary of education or the secretary's designee.
(6) The director of the criminal justice institute or the director's designee.
(7) An employee of a local school corporation or a charter school appointed by the governor.
(c) The board shall establish criteria to be used in evaluating applications for grants from the fund. These criteria must:
(1) be consistent with the fund's goals; and
(2) provide for an equitable distribution of grants to school corporations, charter schools, and accredited nonpublic schools located throughout Indiana.
As added by P.L.172-2013, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.197-2019, SEC.4; P.L.50-2019, SEC.3; P.L.211-2019, SEC.12; P.L.43-2021, SEC.34.