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Commissioner highlights school safety grants and building-aid pipeline; lawmakers warned projects may wait without new funding
Summary
The Department of Education told the House Finance Division on April 2 that since 2018 the state has invested more than $50 million in school-safety infrastructure and that limited building-aid funding means some approved renovation projects will remain on a waiting list until matched by local votes and state funds.
The Department of Education briefed the Finance Division on the Public School Infrastructure Fund and building-aid pipeline, emphasizing ongoing school-safety grants and the effect of limited project funding on districts that are waiting for state matches.
Frank Gettleblue, Commissioner of Education, told the committee the state has invested “well north of $50,000,000 into school safety” since 2018, primarily for physical hardening measures such as access controls and window film. He said the department budgets…
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