HB 822

This bill makes the following nonrecurring appropriations of funds to the department of education: (1) $20 million for the sole purpose of providing school safety grants to LEAs and public charter schools to be used to provide walk-through detectors and scanners in schools; provided, that if a school already has walk-through detectors and scanners installed, then the grants may be used for other prevention, reduction, and response efforts toward school shootings. I t is the legislative intent that such funds be appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal years 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 ; and (2) $4 million for the sole purpose of providing school safety grants to non-public schools to be used to provide walk-through de tectors and scanners in schools; provided, that if a school already has walk-through detectors and scanners installed, then the grants may be used for other prevention, reduction, and response efforts toward school shootings.