§ 10-21-1-4 — Award of matching grants; amount and use of grants; match requirements; county school safety commission requirement

(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) employ a school resource officer, employ a law enforcement
officer, or enter into a contract or memorandum of understanding
with a:
(A) local law enforcement agency;
(B) private entity; or
(C) nonprofit corporation;
to employ a school resource officer or a law enforcement officer;
(2) conduct 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;
(3) conduct 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;
(4) purchase equipment, hardware, materials, and technology to:
(A) restrict access to school property and classrooms;
(B) assist with visitor management on school property;
(C) expedite notification of first responders;
(D) expedite access to school property for first responders;
(E) provide staff with information about open or closed status
of interior and exterior doors;
(F) detect fire, chemical, visual, or audible threats;
(G) enhance emergency communications inside the school
building; or
(H) assist with emergency medical response on school property;
(5) implement a student and parent support services plan in the
manner set forth in IC 20-34-9;
(6) 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:
(A) be primarily assigned to a school corporation, charter
school, or accredited nonpublic school;
(B) be primarily assigned to a school resource officer or law
enforcement officer described in subdivision (1)(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
(C) receive continuous training as appropriate;
(7) provide funding for:
(A) 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; or
(B) school resource officers or law enforcement officers
described in subdivision (1)(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;
(8) 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;
(9) provide 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;
(10) implement a bullying prevention program; or
(11) purchase student safety management technology;
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 for the school
corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school (or coalition
of schools applying jointly) that is the subject of the grant 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 in 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
section 12 of this chapter.

Legislative History

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; P.L.150-2023, SEC.4.