Amends TCA Title 49 and Chapter 944 of the Public Acts of 2024.
Tennessee HB0290 amends existing law to transition the school safety alert grant pilot program into a full program, allowing the Department of Education to continue administering grants for mobile panic alert systems until July 1, 2027. The bill affects local education agencies, public charter schools, private schools, and church-related schools by providing grants of up to $8,000 per school, while removing the requirement for grants to be allocated to two schools from each grand division of the state. Additionally, it mandates annual reports to the General Assembly on the funds received and disbursed through the school safety alert grant fund by July 1 of 2026 and 2027.
Tennessee HB0290 amends existing law to transition the school safety alert grant pilot program into a full program, allowing the Department of Education to continue administering grants for mobile panic alert systems until July 1, 2027. The bill affects local education agencies, public charter schools, private schools, and church-related schools by providing grants of up to $8,000 per school, while removing the requirement for grants to be allocated to two schools from each grand division of the state. Additionally, it mandates annual reports to the General Assembly on the funds received and disbursed through the school safety alert grant fund by July 1 of 2026 and 2027.
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