Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 67
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 10-21-1-2.
Synopsis: Secured school safety grants. Allows school corporations,
charter schools, and accredited nonpublic schools to apply for a
matching grant from the secured school fund to be used to provide
funding for school employees to receive youth violence early
intervention training or programming.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Jackson L
January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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SENATE BILL No. 67
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
public safety.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 10-21-1-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023,
2 SECTION 128, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. (a) The Indiana secured school
4 fund is established to provide:
5 (1) matching grants to school corporations, charter schools, and
6 accredited nonpublic schools, where the matching grants may be
7 used to:
8 (A) employ a school resource officer, employ a law
9 enforcement officer, or enter into a contract or a memorandum
10 of understanding with a:
11 (i) local law enforcement agency;
12 (ii) private entity; or
13 (iii) nonprofit corporation;
14 to employ a school resource officer or a law enforcement
15 officer;
16 (B) conduct:
17 (i) a site vulnerability assessment of the buildings within a
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1 school corporation or the buildings that are operated by a
2 charter school or accredited nonpublic school; or
3 (ii) critical incident digital mapping of the buildings within
4 a school corporation or the buildings that are operated by a
5 charter school or accredited nonpublic school;
6 (C) purchase equipment, hardware, materials, and technology
7 to:
8 (i) restrict access to school property and classrooms;
9 (ii) assist with visitor management on school property;
10 (iii) expedite notification of first responders;
11 (iv) expedite access to school property for first responders;
12 (v) provide school staff with information about the open or
13 closed status of interior and exterior doors;
14 (vi) detect fire, chemical, visual, or audible threats;
15 (vii) enhance emergency communications inside the
16 building; or
17 (viii) assist with emergency medical response on school
18 property;
19 (D) implement a student and parent support services plan as
20 described in IC 20-34-9;
21 (E) purchase or provide training for a canine trained to detect
22 drugs and illegal substances, explosives, or firearms, or to
23 otherwise provide protection for students and school
24 employees and the canine shall:
25 (i) be primarily assigned to a school corporation, charter
26 school, or accredited nonpublic school;
27 (ii) be primarily assigned to a school resource officer or law
28 enforcement officer described in clause (A) who has
29 received appropriate training for handling a canine trained
30 to detect drugs and illegal substances, explosives, or
31 firearms, or to otherwise provide protection for students and
32 school employees, including training regarding handling a
33 canine in a school setting; and
34 (iii) receive continuous training as appropriate;
35 (F) provide funding for school employees to receive training,
36 including expenses for per diem, travel, and lodging, related
37 to:
38 (i) site vulnerability assessments;
39 (ii) mental health or behavioral health threat assessments;
40 (iii) multi-disciplinary threat assessment teams; or
41 (iv) emergency preparedness or response activities;
42 (G) provide funding for school resource officers or law
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1 enforcement officers described in clause (A) to receive
2 training, including expenses for per diem, travel, and lodging,
3 related to handling a canine trained to detect drugs and illegal
4 substances, explosives, or firearms, or to otherwise provide
5 protection for students and school employees;
6 (H) purchase student safety management technology;
7 (I) design and construct additions or renovations on school
8 property if the primary purpose of the construction project is
9 to enhance the physical security of the school building; or
10 (J) implement a bullying prevention program; and or
11 (K) provide funding for school employees to receive youth
12 violence early intervention training or programming; and
13 (2) one (1) time grants to enable school corporations, charter
14 schools, and accredited nonpublic schools with the sheriff for the
15 county in which the school corporation, charter school, or
16 accredited nonpublic school is located, to provide the initial set up
17 costs for an active event warning system.
18 (b) A school corporation or charter school may use money received
19 under a matching grant for a purpose listed in subsection (a) to provide
20 a response to a threat in a manner that the school corporation or charter
21 school sees fit, including firearms training or other self-defense
22 training.
23 (c) The fund shall be administered by the department of homeland
24 security.
25 (d) The fund consists of:
26 (1) appropriations from the general assembly;
27 (2) federal grants;
28 (3) amounts deposited from any other public or private source;
29 and
30 (4) amounts deposited under IC 33-37-9-4.
31 (e) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
32 money in the fund.
33 (f) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
34 currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
35 manner as other public money may be invested. Interest that accrues
36 from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
37 (g) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert
38 to the state general fund.
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