Bill > HB0043

This bill establishes the School Safety Support Program to provide funding for various school safety initiatives, including personnel, building standards, emergency response protocols, and security devices, with specific distribution formulas for charter schools and school districts, and requires participating Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to submit safety plans and annual reports to the School Safety Center. It also amends existing law to ensure the School Safety Support Program is included in annual cost adjustments for inflation and growth, with a provision that it cannot receive funding reductions due to negative enrollment growth, and allows for up to 1% of the total weighted pupil unit value to be appropriated to the School Safety Support Program from the Public Education Economic Stabilization Restricted Account if that account would otherwise exceed its funding limit. The bill takes effect on May 6, 2026.

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