Articles tagged as: school safety
February 16, 2024
Weekly Statehouse Update: Mandates and restrictions in active shooter drills, local dog sale bans
Republicans advance a bill eliminating local bans on selling dogs at pet stores. A Senate committee approves legislation requiring schools to develop armed intruder drills. And grassroots substance use recovery groups would get more funding opportunities under a bill heading to the Senate floor. Here's what you might have missed this week at the Statehouse.
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2024
Senate education committee passes bill requiring schools develop armed intruder drills
A Senate committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would require public schools to develop a protocol for armed intruder drills. Several school safety advocates testified in support of the bill, but some lawmakers worry the drills could negatively impact students and staff.
Read MoreAugust 30, 2023
Indiana schools receive $30 million for safety projects, nearly two-thirds funding resource officers
Gov. Eric Holcomb announced on Tuesday that the state approved all Secured School Safety Grant applications this year due to an increase in funding from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.
Read MoreJune 21, 2022
School safety and security survey to be conducted
The Indiana Youth Institute is data to outline how serious the situation is and to gather information from teachers and other youth workers.
Read MoreJune 2, 2022
Here’s how Indiana tried to make schools safer from shootings
After a school shooting in Indiana, lawmakers more than doubled the amount of money schools could access for safety. But political leaders refuse to discuss broadly restricting access to guns.
Read MoreApril 29, 2022
Northwestern Indiana middle school student faces bomb charge
A northwestern Indiana middle school student faces a charge of possessing a destructive device after two improvised explosive devices were found inside a backpack, authorities said.
Read MoreSeptember 9, 2021
Chief: Indiana School Shooter Lockdown Was False Alarm
No shots were fired and no gun was found after a room-by-room search of Lake Central High School, which was on lockdown for most of the day on Wednesday.
Read MoreSeptember 8, 2021
Indiana Allocates More Than $19 Million To School Safety
The awards will allow the board to fund projects proposed by 392 schools in their applications to the Secured School Safety Grant program.
Read MoreSeptember 8, 2021
North Central Student Stabbed At High School, Superintendent Pleads For Violence To Stop
The superintendent of the Washington Township Schools districts is asking for the community’s help to end violence after a North Central High School student was stabbed with a knife by another student on the campus Wednesday morning.
Read MoreSeptember 8, 2021
Indiana School Says No Shots Fired In Lockdown Incident
Officers from several departments were conducting a room-by-room search at Lake Central High School after being called about 10 a.m.
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