Schools Receive Safety Grants Totaling $9 Million

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Gov. Mike Pence visited Cedar Elementary School in Avon on Friday to announce more than $9 million in grants to districts for safety measures.

The Indiana Secured School Safety Board approved the grants.

“These grants will allow our public schools and school corporations to add resources that will help secure our schools so they can focus on educating our students,” Pence said in a prepared statement.

The General Assembly created the grant program last year to give schools matching money to hire a school resource officer, conduct a threat assessment or purchase equipment to restrict access to the school or expedite the notification of first responders.

School corporations, charter schools, or coalitions with enrollments of at least 1,000 students could apply grants up to $50,000 per year. Those with fewer students could ask for up to $35,000.

Below are the Central Indiana schools or districts and a breakdown of the grant funding amount and purpose of those funds.

Boone

Lebanon Community School Corporation received $50,000 to employ an SRO.
Western Boone County Community School District received $50,000 for school security equipment.
Zionsville Community Schools received $50,000 to employ an SRO.

Hamilton

Carmel Clay Schools received $50,000 to employ two SROs.
Hamilton Heights School Corporation received $50,000 for school security equipment
Hamilton Southeastern Schools received $50,000 for school security equipment and to employ two SROs.
Noblesville Schools received $50,000 for school security equipment.
Sheridan Community School Corporation received $39,820 to employ an SRO.
Westfield-Washington Schools received $40,000 for school security equipment.

Hancock

Community School Corporation of Eastern Hancock County received $30,741 for school security equipment.
Greenfield-Central Community School Corporation received $50,000 for school security equipment and to employ an SRO.
Mt. Vernon Community School Corporation received $50,000 to employ an SRO.
Southern Hancock County Community School Corporation received $50,000 for school security equipment.

Hendricks

Avon Community School Corporation received $50,000 for school security equipment
Brownsburg Community School Corporation received $50,000 to employ an SRO.
Danville Community School Corporation received $35,250 for school security equipment.
Mill Creek Community School Corporation received $32,500 for school security equipment
North West Hendricks Schools received $41,000 to employ an SRO.

Johnson

Center Grove Community School Corporation received $50,000 to employ an SRO.
Clark Pleasant Community School Corporation received $50,000 for school security equipment and to employ an SRO.
Edinburgh Community School Corporation received $35,000 for school security equipment.
Franklin Community School Corporation received $13,250 for school security equipment and to employ an SRO.
Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson United School Corporation received $18,320 for school security equipment.

Madison

Anderson Community School Corporation received $50,000 for school security equipment.
Anderson Preparatory Academy received $31,890 for school security equipment.
Elwood Community School Corporation received $50,000 for school security equipment and to employ an SRO.
South Madison Community School Corporation received $45,000 for school security equipment and to employ two SROs.

Marion

Andrew J. Brown Academy received $6,880 for school security equipment.
Beech Grove City Schools received $35,000 for school security equipment.
Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School received $10,000 for school security equipment, a threat assessment, and to employ an SRO.
Damar Charter Academy received $35,000 for school security equipment, a threat assessment, and to employ an SRO.
EdPower Arlington received $35,000 for school security equipment and to employ an SRO.
Emma Donnan Middle School (CSUSA Donnan) received $25,000 to employ an SRO.
Herron High School received $35,000 for school security equipment.
Indiana School for the Deaf received $35,000 for school security equipment.
Irvington Community School received $34,300 for school security equipment and a threat assessment.
KIPP Indianapolis College Preparatory received $25,000 for school security equipment.
MSD Decatur Township received $50,000 for school security equipment.
MSD Perry Township received $50,000 for school security equipment.
MSD Warren Township received $50,000 for school security equipment and to employ an SRO.
MSD Washington Township received $50,000 to employ an SRO.
MSD Wayne Township received $23,134.03 to employ an SRO.
Padua Academy Charter School Received $17,504 for school security equipment.
Paramount School of Excellence received $17,500 for school security equipment.
School Town of Speedway received $44,000 to employ an SRO.
Southeast Neighborhood School of Excellence received $20,000 to employ an SRO.
Thomas Carr Howe Community High School (CSUSA Howe) received $30,000 for school security equipment and to employ an SRO.
Tindley Collegiate Academy received $10,000 for school security equipment, a threat assessment, and to employ an SRO.
Tindley Preparatory Academy received $10,000 for school security equipment, a threat assessment, and to employ an SRO.
Tindley Renaissance Academy received $10,000 for school security equipment, a threat assessment, and to employ an SRO.

Monroe

Monroe-Gregg School District received $50,000 for school security equipment.
Mooresville Consolidated School Corporation received $50,000 for school security equipment.
MSD Martinsville Schools received $49,612.80 for school security equipment.

Shelby

Northwestern School Corporation received $47,430 for school security equipment and to employ an SRO.
Shelbyville Central Schools received $50,000 for school security equipment.
Southwestern Consolidated School District of Shelby County received $35,000 for school security equipment.