INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Secured School Safety Board has approved more than $22.9 million in matching state grants, marking the fourth consecutive year of record-breaking school safety investments. The grants will be allocated to 425 Hoosier schools, which is the largest number of schools to ever apply.
The General Assembly allocated $19 million over the past two years for the Secured School Safety Grant (SSSG). Legislators will set future allocations during this year’s budget session.
With the addition of $3.9 million in funds unspent from previous cycles, Indiana can fund top priority requests from all schools that applied. The grants cover more training for School Resource Officers and staff.
Indiana has now invested $133 million in school safety since the SSSG program was initiated in 2013.