Indianapolis, IN — 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 schools, which is the largest number of schools to ever apply.
Secured School Safety Grant (SSSG) awards to local schools are listed below in alphabetical order:
- Batesville Community School Corporation – $58,203.45
- Decatur County Community School Corporation – $50,000.00
- Franklin County Community School Corporation – $70,000.00
- Greensburg Community School Corporation – $90,000.00
- Jac-Cen-Del Community School Corporation – $25,000.00
- Milan Community School Corporation – $25,000.00
- Oldenburg Academy – $34,000.00
- Saint Michael School – Brookville – $22,407.00
- South Ripley Community School Corporation – $50,000.00
- Southeastern Career Center – $50,000.00
- Sunman-Dearborn Community School Corporation – $100,000.00
“We continue to prioritize investments in school safety to help students and staff succeed without the worry of violence in Hoosier schools,” Gov. Eric Holcomb said. “This funding allows schools to address their specific safety needs through additional personnel and programs designed to prepare for and prevent school violence.”
With this funding, Indiana now has invested more than $132.9 million in school safety since 2013, when the SSSG program was initiated.
The SSSG issues matching grants for eligible items and then schools match those funds at a certain level, either 25 percent, 50 percent, or 100 percent. The match requirement is based on the average daily membership of the school district, the total amount of the project, or what the request covers.
Eligible items in the grant include funding for school resource officers (SROs) and law enforcement officers in schools; equipment and technology; active event warning systems (no matching requirement); firearms training for teachers and staff that choose to allow guns on school property; threat assessments and to implement a student and parent support services program. Common ineligible requests include vehicles, clothing/uniforms, or vape detectors for schools.
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 grant cycles, Indiana was able to fully fund all top priority, eligible requests from all schools that applied. Additionally, the funding will cover all eligible requests for additional training for School Resource Officers and staff.
Please click here to view the full list of grant recipients.
