Local School Districts to Receive Safety Grants, Quinn Announces
HARRISBURG – To help fund school safety improvements, Rep. Marguerite Quinn (R-Bucks) said today the three school districts within the 143rd Legislative District each will receive $25,000.
School districts receiving the grant include Central Bucks, Palisades and Pennridge.
“When we created this grant program earlier this year, we wanted school districts to be able to use the money to meet their specific and unique needs,” Quinn said. “Some school districts may need training, whereas others could use additional personnel or equipment. I realize $25,000 won’t meet all of their needs, but it is a start. Children cannot learn effectively if they don’t feel safe, and that’s why these grants are so important.”
The School Safety and Security Grant Program was created by lawmakers earlier this year to provide grants to school districts, intermediate units, area vocational-technical schools, charter schools and private residential rehabilitative institutions for a wide variety of projects to improve school safety. This round of funding was designated for public school districts, with a second round delivering funds for vocational-technical schools, charters and others.
Eligible uses for the grants include hiring school security officers, purchasing security-related technology, completing safety and security assessments, implementing violence prevention curricula, offering counseling services for students, and creating other programs to protect students.
Quinn said she is hopeful that her legislation to make telemedicine more accessible within the behavioral health field will help schools to better connect to student counseling services.
Representative Marguerite Quinn
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