This bill creates the School Safety Support Program to provide funding for school safety requirements and infrastructure.
This bill:
- creates the School Safety Support Program (program) to fund school safety personnel, building standards, emergency protocols, and security infrastructure;
- establishes a distribution formula that allocates funding to charter schools and school districts based on enrollment and base amounts;
- requires local education agencies to submit safety plans and annual reports to receive funding;
- adds the program to the list of education programs eligible for annual inflation and enrollment growth adjustments;
- protects the program from funding reductions due to negative enrollment growth;
- directs the state board to collaborate with the School Safety Center and state security chief to establish rules and monitor implementation; and
- makes technical changes.
Recommended by: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 53F-2-208