OKLAHOMA CITY – The Department of Justice awarded $2.3 million to the Oklahoma Department of Education to aid with school security measures.
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Department of Justice awarded $2.3 million to the Oklahoma Department of Education to aid with school security measures.
The grants include $600,000 to prevent violence in schools in Norman and Oklahoma City. They also supplied more than $1.7 million to the Oklahoma State Department of Education. The funding is to bolster school security including funding to educate and train students and faculty and support first responders who arrive on the scene of a school shooting or other violent incidents. “These federal resources will help to prevent school violence and give our students the support they need to learn, grow, and thrive,” said Attorney General William P. Barr. “By training faculty, students, and first responders, and by improving school security measures, we can make schools and their communities safer.” “Improving public safety by reducing violence is a top priority for this office,” said U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing of the Western District of Oklahoma.
Other funding:
• $250,000 to the State Department of Education;
• $100,000 to Norman Public Schools to address threats through anonymous reporting technology;
• $996,855 to the State Department of Education to create or enhance a state school safety center;
• $498,997 to the State Department of Education to prevent and respond to mental health crises;
• $500,000 to Oklahoma City Public Schools for school security measures.