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Utah task force approves funds, directs procurement of first-aid, panic-alert devices and dashboard completion
Summary
The Utah School Security Task Force voted to allocate grant funds to finish the state school safety dashboard and authorized procurement of bleed/first-aid kits and panic-alert devices following a review of school safety needs assessments.
The Utah School Security Task Force voted to approve three funding and procurement actions aimed at accelerating school safety measures statewide and directed follow-up reporting to the grant subcommittee.
The task force approved using $1.5 million from above-the-line grant funds to match previously allocated state board funding and finish development of the school safety dashboard; authorized procurement of bleed kits and first-aid kits for public schools using funds from the general grants appropriation; and authorized procurement and standards review for physical panic-alert devices required under this past session’s Alyssa’s Law provisions.
The dashboard motion came after staff described the board’s earlier $1.5 million discretionary allocation and a failed federal grant attempt. Micah Wicksen, Legislative Research and General…
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