Matching Grants for School Safety

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     Note: This version of section amended by P.L.153-2019, SEC.2, effective 7-1-2019. See also preceding version of this section amended by P.L.197-2019, SEC.5, effective 5-2-2019, and preceding version of this section amended by P.L.50-2019, SEC.4, effective 7-1-2019.

Sec. 4. (a) The board may award a matching grant to enable a school corporation or charter school (or a coalition of schools applying jointly) to:

(1) establish a program to employ a school resource officer;

(2) provide school resource officer training described in IC 20-26-18.2-1(b)(2);

(3) conduct a threat assessment;

(4) purchase equipment to restrict access to the school or expedite the notification of first responders; or

(5) implement a student and parent support services plan in the manner set forth in IC 20-34-9;

in accordance with section 2(a) of this chapter.

(b) A matching grant awarded to a school corporation or charter school (or a coalition of schools applying jointly) may not exceed the lesser of the following during a two (2) year period beginning on or after May 1, 2013:

(1) The total cost of the program established by the school corporation or charter school (or the coalition of schools applying jointly).

(2) The following amounts:

(A) Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per year, in the case of a school corporation or charter school that:

(i) has an ADM of at least one thousand (1,000); and

(ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation or charter school.

(B) Thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) per year, in the case of a school corporation or charter school that:

(i) has an ADM of less than one thousand (1,000); and

(ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation or charter school.

(C) Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per year, in the case of a coalition of schools applying jointly.

(c) A school corporation or charter school may receive only one (1) matching grant under this section each year.

(d) The board may not award a grant to a school corporation or charter school under this chapter unless the school corporation or charter school is in a county that has a county school safety commission, as described in IC 5-2-10.1-10.

As added by P.L.172-2013, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.30-2014, SEC.1; P.L.153-2019, SEC.2.


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