‘Security Action For Education’ Grants Now Available For NH Schools

Each public and nonpublic colleges can start making use of for Safety Motion For Training grants, in increments of as much as $100,000, from a pool of about $13.3 million. Public colleges can apply earlier than July 22 for the primary wave of grants, about $3.3 million, in an early determination course of. After that, one other $10 million will likely be out there for colleges not accepted within the first allotment in addition to nonpublic colleges. That deadline is Aug. 26.

The state is utilizing the identical construction as is used for public faculty infrastructure grants, Frank Edelblut, the commissioner of the New Hampshire Division of Training, mentioned. Grants will likely be awarded, he added, primarily based on three main safety dangers and corresponding security priorities for colleges — surveillance, entry management, and emergency alerting.

“Faculty safety is on the forefront of everybody’s thoughts,” he mentioned. “Providing this new pool of funding for the implementation of essential faculty safety tasks underscores the continuing dedication to assist make sure the safety of New Hampshire kids.”

Jennifer Harper, director of the New Hampshire Division of Security’s Division of Homeland Safety and Emergency Administration, mentioned the grants would “be capable to put essential security initiatives into place to make sure that the kids and workers members stay secure.” She mentioned “the fast implementation of a course of to award these grants” had been additionally a “high precedence.”

Districts might submit a couple of grant for every faculty mission. Funding for the grants is coming from the American Rescue Plan Act State Fiscal Restoration Fund, by means of the Governor’s Workplace for Emergency Reduction and Restoration.

The applying to use is linked right here.