Arizona board approves FY27 application process for $127M school safety program

Jan 26, 2026

The board approved process criteria and a budget for the Department of Education’s school safety grant program, which funds SROs, SSOs, counselors and social workers and will open a FY27 application cycle aimed at expanding trained personnel in schools.

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The Arizona State Board of Education on Jan. 20 approved the Department of Education’s proposed process criteria and administrative budget to open the FY27 application for the statewide school safety program, a multi‑year grant that now funds more than 1,000 school safety positions statewide.

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