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District seeks DOJ school-violence protection grant; officials describe cameras, door-entry and device-monitoring plans
Summary
DeKalb administrators described a third attempt to win a U.S. Department of Justice School Violence Protection Program grant (COPS) and outlined how proposed funds would match local outlays for cameras, door-entry, servers and cybersecurity monitoring, including student-device keyword alerts
District officials told the DeKalb CUSD 428 board they are seeking a competitive School Violence Protection Program (SVPP) grant through the U.S. Department of Justices Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) office and that the award would require a local match (approximately 25 percent of funds awarded).
Emma, the districts grant writer, said the application is competitive and the district has pursued this grant in prior years without success; administrators are requesting the boards authority to submit an application and to provide the locally required match if awarded. "It is dependent on it's a 25% of what we are…
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