(a)The Indiana secured school fund is
established to provide:
(1)matching grants to school corporations, charter schools, and
accredited nonpublic schools, where the matching grants may be
used to:
(A)employ a school resource officer, employ a law
enforcement officer, or enter into a contract or a memorandum
of understanding with a:
(i)local law enforcement agency;
(iii)nonprofit corporation;
to employ a school resource officer or a law enforcement
officer;
(B)conduct:
(i)a site vulnerability assessment of the buildings within a
school corporation or the buildings that are operated by a
charter school or accredited nonpublic school; or
(ii)critical incident digital mapping of the buildings within a
school corporation or the buildings that are operated by a
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(a) The Indiana secured school fund is
established to provide:
(1) matching grants to school corporations, charter schools, and
accredited nonpublic schools, where the matching grants may be
used to:
(A) employ a school resource officer, employ a law
enforcement officer, or enter into a contract or a memorandum
of understanding with a:
(i) local law enforcement agency;
(ii) private entity; or
(iii) nonprofit corporation;
to employ a school resource officer or a law enforcement
officer;
(B) conduct:
(i) a site vulnerability assessment of the buildings within a
school corporation or the buildings that are operated by a
charter school or accredited nonpublic school; or
(ii) critical incident digital mapping of the buildings within a
school corporation or the buildings that are operated by a
charter school or accredited nonpublic school;
(C) purchase equipment, hardware, materials, and technology
to:
(i) restrict access to school property and classrooms;
(ii) assist with visitor management on school property;
(iii) expedite notification of first responders;
(iv) expedite access to school property for first responders;
(v) provide school staff with information about the open or
closed status of interior and exterior doors;
(vi) detect fire, chemical, visual, or audible threats;
(vii) enhance emergency communications inside the building;
or
(viii) assist with emergency medical response on school
property;
(D) implement a student and parent support services plan as
described in IC 20-34-9;
(E) purchase or provide training for a canine trained to detect
drugs and illegal substances, explosives, or firearms, or to
otherwise provide protection for students and school employees
and the canine shall:
(i) be primarily assigned to a school corporation, charter
school, or accredited nonpublic school;
(ii) be primarily assigned to a school resource officer or law
enforcement officer described in clause (A) who has received
appropriate training for handling a canine trained to detect
drugs and illegal substances, explosives, or firearms, or to
otherwise provide protection for students and school
employees, including training regarding handling a canine in
a school setting; and
(iii) receive continuous training as appropriate;
(F) provide funding for school employees to receive training,
including expenses for per diem, travel, and lodging, related to:
(i) site vulnerability assessments;
(ii) mental health or behavioral health threat assessments;
(iii) multi-disciplinary threat assessment teams; or
(iv) emergency preparedness or response activities;
(G) provide funding for school resource officers or law
enforcement officers described in clause (A) to receive training,
including expenses for per diem, travel, and lodging, related to
handling a canine trained to detect drugs and illegal substances,
explosives, or firearms, or to otherwise provide protection for
students and school employees;
(H) purchase student safety management technology;
(I) design and construct additions or renovations on school
property if the primary purpose of the construction project is to
enhance the physical security of the school building;
(J) implement a bullying prevention program; or
(K) develop, implement, and carry out a Stop the Bleed
program required by IC 20-34-3-24, including for the purchase
of bleeding control kits; and
(2) one (1) time grants to enable school corporations, charter
schools, and accredited nonpublic schools with the sheriff for the
county in which the school corporation, charter school, or
accredited nonpublic school is located, to provide the initial set up
costs for an active event warning system.
(b) A school corporation or charter school may use money received
under a matching grant for a purpose listed in subsection (a) to provide
a response to a threat in a manner that the school corporation or charter
school sees fit, including firearms training or other self-defense
training.
(c) The fund shall be administered by the department of homeland
security.
(d) The fund consists of:
(1) appropriations from the general assembly;
(2) federal grants;
(3) amounts deposited from any other public or private source;
and
(4) amounts deposited under IC 33-37-9-4.
(e) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
money in the fund.
(f) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
manner as other public money may be invested. Interest that accrues
from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
(g) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert
to the state general fund.