Sec. 4. (a) The board may award a matching grant to enable a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school (or a coalition of schools applying jointly) to:
(1) establish a program to employ a school resource officer;
(2) employ a law enforcement officer;
(3) provide school resource officer training described in IC 20-26-18.2-1(c);
(4) conduct a threat assessment;
(5) purchase equipment to restrict access to the school or expedite the notification of first responders; or
(6) implement a student and parent support services plan in the manner set forth in IC 20-34-9;
in accordance with section 2(a) of this chapter.
(b) A matching grant awarded to a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school (or a coalition of schools applying jointly) may not exceed the lesser of the following during a two (2) year period beginning on or after May 1, 2013:
(1) The total cost of the program established by the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school (or the coalition of schools applying jointly).
(2) Except as provided in subsection (d), the following amounts:
(A) Thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) per year, in the case of a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school that:
(i) has an ADM of at least one (1) and less than one thousand one (1,001) students; and
(ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
(B) Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per year, in the case of a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school that:
(i) has an ADM of more than one thousand (1,000) and less than five thousand one (5,001) students; and
(ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
(C) Seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) per year, in the case of a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school that:
(i) has an ADM of more than five thousand (5,000) and less than fifteen thousand one (15,001) students; and
(ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
(D) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per year, in the case of a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school that:
(i) has an ADM of more than fifteen thousand (15,000); and
(ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
(E) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per year, in the case of a coalition of schools applying jointly.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the match requirement for a grant under this chapter is based on the ADM, as follows:
(1) For a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school with an ADM of less than five hundred one (501) students, the grant match must be twenty-five percent (25%) of the grant amount described in subsection (b).
(2) For a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school with an ADM of more than five hundred (500) and less than one thousand one (1,001) students, the grant match must be fifty percent (50%) of the grant amount described in subsection (b).
(3) For a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school with an ADM of more than one thousand (1,000) students or a coalition of schools applying jointly, the grant match must be one hundred percent (100%) of the grant amount described in subsection (b).
(d) A school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school may be eligible to receive a grant of up to:
(1) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) if:
(A) the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school receives a grant match of one hundred percent (100%) of the requested grant amount; and
(B) the board approves the grant request; or
(2) for a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school described subsection (c)(1) or (c)(2), a grant of up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) if:
(A) the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school receives a grant match of fifty percent (50%) of the requested grant amount; and
(B) the board approves the grant request.
(e) A school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school may receive only one (1) matching grant under this section each year.
(f) The board may not award a grant to a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school under this section unless the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school is in a county that has a county school safety commission, as described in IC 5-2-10.1-10.
As added by P.L.172-2013, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.30-2014, SEC.1; P.L.197-2019, SEC.5; P.L.50-2019, SEC.4; P.L.153-2019, SEC.2; P.L.139-2022, SEC.2.
Structure Indiana Code
10-21-1-2. Indiana Secured School Fund; Matching Grant
10-21-1-3. Secured School Safety Board
10-21-1-4.5. Grants for Active Event Warning System
10-21-1-5. Matching Grant Application Procedure
10-21-1-5.5. Grant Application for Active Event Warning System; Procedure
10-21-1-6. Repayment of Grant Not Required
10-21-1-6.5. Secured School Safety Board Review of Advances From Common School Fund