Putnam County schools receive safety grants

The Indiana Secured School Safety Board (the Board) unanimously approved the distribution of more than $27.1 million to support school safety initiatives to 494 school/districts across the state.

To date, more than $214 million in state funding has been dedicated to the matching grant program since it was created in 2013, and the Board has approved 4,599 grant requests.

"School safety is a top priority for my administration. Every student deserves a good education, and that starts with feeling safe and secure," said Gov. Mike Braun. "That’s why Indiana continues to make unprecedented investments through the Secured School Safety Grant Program."

Last year, 499 schools split an allocation of $24 million, of which $17 million was allocated to funding school resource officers.

This year, the total amount of eligible funding requests exceeded the amount of funding for the program. Priority was given to first-time applicant schools to the SSSG Program, which were fully funded for their top priority requests. Charter school groups were capped at $100,000 in funding for all schools in the group. Remaining schools that apply to the fund regularly were funded at 92% for their top priority items. Applicants to the program rank the priority of items to help the Board better understand the greatest need for school districts.

Area school districts receiving grants include:

Cloverdale Community Schools - $46,250

Greencastle Community Schools - $72,328.06

South Putnam School Corporation - $79,920

North Putnam Community Schools - $73,075