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Rep. Roger Williams outlines $2 billion school-safety grant aimed at individual schools
Summary
Williams described a bipartisan school-safety bill proposing $2 billion in federal grants to individual schools — after expert reviews — to pay for upgrades such as bulletproof glass and steel doors.
Rep. Roger Williams said he is promoting a bipartisan school-safety bill that would make $2,000,000,000 in federal grants available to individual schools rather than school districts.
"It's a $2,000,000,000 grant from the federal government that goes to not school districts but individual schools," Williams said, describing a process in which experts — "fire chief, sheriff, police chief or whatever" — would evaluate a school's needs. Schools could then apply for funds to pay for upgrades such as bulletproof glass, steel doors, and additional locks.
Williams said the measure is "getting a lot of traction" and framed it as bipartisan. The description on-air focused on security hardware and professional reviews rather than funding formulas for staff or long-term programs. The interview did not include legislative text or a timeline for committee consideration; Williams characterized the plan as an active proposal gaining support.
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