Legislation would provide $17 M for school building security

COLUMBUS

State officials are touting another $17 million for grants to schools wanting to improve their building security.

The new funding is included in one of the mid-biennium budget bills moving through the legislature and would be in addition to $12 million earmarked in the last biennial budget for school security systems.

State Superintendent Richard Ross said $10 million of the new funding will be used for public schools, and $7 million will go to private ones.

For more on this story, please see Thursday's Vindicator or vindy.com