Gov. M. Jodi Rell is beefing up security in Connecticut’s schools – after the release of $5 million in state grant funds.
The money will help offset the cost of security purchases – like surveillance cameras, entry buzzers, panic alarms and scan card systems – as well for training school personnel.
More than 360 schools applied for funding through the grant program, which is in its inaugural year, and some didn’t make the cut.
Rell is asking those school officials as well as others who didn’t apply for the program to prepare now for the second round of funding.
