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Committee advances grant program to fund school crossing guards
Summary
The Appropriations Committee passed an amended version of Senate File 123 to create a competitive grant program for school crossing guards and appropriated $4.9 million from the Public School Foundation Program, with program limits and reporting requirements.
The Appropriations Committee passed an amended version of Senate File 123, which would create a competitive grant program allowing schools to apply for funds to support crossing guards and other student-route safety measures.
Senator Bennett, the bill sponsor, told the committee the proposal responds to safety incidents in her district, saying, “we have found that crossing guards and getting kids to and from school has been a safety issue in my district. There's been 1 student who was killed in a school crosswalk and just recently there was another child that was hit going home from school.”
Under the bill as amended, the grant program would permit…
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