{"id":1670,"date":"2018-02-28T03:17:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T03:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grantnews.com\/blog\/?p=528"},"modified":"2022-12-02T01:57:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T06:57:45","slug":"in-parkland-shootings-aftermath-lawmakers-propose-grants-to-fund-school-safety-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/in-parkland-shootings-aftermath-lawmakers-propose-grants-to-fund-school-safety-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"In Parkland Shootings Aftermath, Lawmakers Propose Grants to Fund School Safety Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was something about him that troubled more than a few fellow classmates and led police to the Southside High School cafeteria, where they discovered the 18-year-old student armed with a .22 caliber Ruger semiautomatic. Inside a duffel bag beside him, Elmira Police found 14 pipe bombs, three carbon dioxide cartridge bombs filled with gunpowder, one propane bomb and a sawed-off shotgun with several rounds of pellets.<\/p>\n

All 1,200 students were evacuated, and no one was hurt before police apprehended Jeremy Getman on Valentine\u2019s Day 2001, exactly 17 years prior to the date a gunman opened fire at Majory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida, leaving 17 dead and the living to ask why.<\/p>\n

Sadly, threats of violence at school have become somewhat a sign of the times. On average, 50 threats are reported each day in the United States. That\u2019s compared to 10 per day at the end of 2017. And while some of these incidents no longer generate national headlines, they do continue to pressure legislators, educators and law enforcement to develop sound prevention initiatives that can thwart future attacks. Whatever those ideas are, they will likely require a financial commitment to realize.<\/p>\n

The good news is that even though politicians are divided about gun control measures, the government is offering grants to support research that will help schools throughout the nation improve safety and respond more effectively to potentially violent incidents. Grants to USA Nonprofits, For-Profits, IHEs, Agencies, and Individuals for Research on School Violence<\/p>\n

Most schools have already taken steps to curb violence since the Columbine massacre in 1989, but they have done it without federal funding or oversight. Now, in the aftermath of the Parkland shootings and with debate at a highpoint, lawmakers want to encourage schools to do more to safeguard classrooms with training, reporting and crisis intervention.<\/p>\n

Introduced by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) the Students, Teachers and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act, if approved, will fund for four initiatives:<\/p>\n