Gov. Holcomb Announces Historic Funding for School Safety

See a list of local schools and school corporations that received funding.

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INDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric Holcomb announced today the approval of nearly $30 million in matching state grants for school safety.

Earlier this year, the Indiana General Assembly approved the Governor’s 2023 Next Level Agenda budget proposal to increase the Secured School Safety Grant (SSSG) by $25 million each year.

Due to additional funding from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) budget, the Board voted to approve all application requests, totaling 605 projects for 474 schools.

“These school safety grants represent another example of historic investments in public safety,” Gov. Holcomb said. “I am pleased we are able to financially support every school that identified safety as a top priority.”

For this fiscal year, the board approved $29.8 million in school safety funding. Local grant recipients are listed below. See a full list of recipients here.

Organization

County

Total Award Amount

Batesville Schools

Franklin

$58,203.45

Franklin County Schools

Franklin

$70,000.00

Jac-Cen-Del Schools

Ripley

$25,000.00

Lawrenceburg Schools

Dearborn

$100,000.00

Milan Schools

Ripley

$25,000.00

Oldenburg Academy

Franklin

$34,000.00

Rising Sun-Ohio County Schools

Ohio

$42,000.00

Saint Lawrence School

Dearborn

$22,111.00

Saint Michael School

Franklin

$22,407.00

South Dearborn Schools

Dearborn

$60,000.00

Southeastern Career Center

South Ripley Schools

Ripley

$50,000.00

$86,610

Sunman-Dearborn Schools

Dearborn

$100,000.00

Switzerland County Schools

Switzerland

$50,000.00

*Data via the Indiana Department of Homeland Security

“Since the inception of the Secured Schools Safety Grant program, we have listened to schools across the state about what they see as their greatest needs in the way of safety,” said IDHS Executive Director Joel Thacker. “As a result, this year we can offer more eligible funding categories than ever before, leading to safer schools and an overall better learning environment. “

The areas that schools chose to use their funding is listed below.

Category

Number of applicants

Dollars allocated

SRO/LEO

302

$19,425,611.83

Equipment/Tech/Hardware

218

$8,325,667.02

Student/Parent Support Services

31

$1,150,253.41

Training

21

$160,820.29

Firearms Training for Staff

7

$101,979

AEWS (no match)

6

$100,737,50

Site Vulnerability Assessment

7

$20,962.82

Bullying Prevention

2

$17,000

Design and Construction

11

$521,771.80

Post-incident Counseling Services

0

$0

Total

605

$29,824,803.67

SRO/LEO

302

$19,425,611.83

*Data via the Indiana Department of Homeland Security

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