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Conferees keep $5 million for 'Safe and Secure' school grants in 2025, plan transfer of firearm-detection program to attorney general
Summary
Committee on Appropriations members agreed to maintain $5 million for Safe and Secure school grants in fiscal 2025, discussed moving a separate firearm-detection grant to the Attorney General's office, and debated tracking of "above Gannon" funding.
Conferees on the Committee on Appropriations said the committee will maintain $5,000,000 in state general funds for the Safe and Secure school grants in fiscal 2025 and that the committee's education package designates those monies for public schools for three years.
Vice Chair Williams said the committee retained the addition of $5,000,000 SGF for Safe and Secure in 2025 and clarified the newer, recurring subscription funding would be limited to public K'12 schools for three years. "If schools want to continue with the subscription, they can do that themselves," Williams said. She also said the committee removed an…
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