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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 13-1314.1-B. School safety and mental health grants for 2024-2025 school year

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Funding.--For the 2024-2025 school year, the money under section 1306-B(h)(13)(i)  1 shall be used by the committee to award school safety and mental health grants to school entities.

(b) Purpose of grants.--

(1) A school entity shall be eligible for school safety and mental health grants to meet the level 1 baseline criteria for physical security or behavioral health and school climate criteria established by the committee.

(2) If a school entity has met the level 1 baseline criteria for physical security, the school entity shall be eligible to expend funding for activities outlined in section 1306-B(j)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (7), (8), (9), (11), (12), (13), (14), (16), (18), (22) and (23).

(3) If a school entity has met the level 1 baseline criteria for behavioral health and school climate, the school entity shall be eligible to expend funding for activities outlined in section 1306-B(j)(6), (10), (15), (17), (19), (20), (21), (23), (24), (25), (26), (27), (28), (29), (30) and (31).

(c) Amount of grants.--The committee shall award school safety and mental health grants to each school entity that submits an application in the following amounts:

(1) A school district shall receive $100,000 plus an amount determined in paragraph (3).

(2) An intermediate unit, area career and technical school, charter school, regional charter school and cyber charter school shall receive $70,000.

(3) An amount determined as follows:

(i) Multiply the 2022-2023 adjusted average daily membership for each school district by the difference between the amount allocated in subsection (a) and the sum of the amounts distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2).

(ii) Divide the product from subparagraph (i) by the 2022-2023 adjusted average daily membership for all school districts.

(d) Availability of applications.--The committee shall make an application for grants under this section available to school entities no later than 45 days after the effective date of this subsection.  2 The application requirements shall be limited to the school entity's contact information, the specific purpose of the grant based upon the categories specified in subsection (b) with boxes on the application for the applicant to indicate the school entity's anticipated use and certification by the applicant that the money will be used for the stated purpose.

(e) Effect of revenue received.--Grant money received under this section may not be included when calculating the amount to be paid under section 1725-A.  3

(f) Audit and monitoring.--The committee shall randomly audit and monitor grant recipients to ensure the appropriate use of grant money and compliance with provisions of the grant program.

(g) Definitions.--As used in this section, the term “school entity” means a school district, area career and technical school, intermediate unit, charter school, regional charter school and cyber charter school.

1 24 P.S. § 13-1306-B.
2 Subsec. (d) added by 2024, July 11, P.L. 618, No. 55, § 12, imd. effective.
3 24 P.S. § 17-1725-A.
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