Sec. 3. (a) The secured school safety board is established to approve or disapprove applications for matching grants to fund programs described in section 2(a)(1) of this chapter and grants described in section 2(a)(2) of this chapter to fund the initial set up costs for an active event warning system.

     (b) The board consists of seven (7) members appointed as follows:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 10-21-1-3

  • Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
(1) The executive director of the department of homeland security or the executive director’s designee. The executive director of the department of homeland security or the executive director’s designee serves as the chairperson of the board.

(2) The attorney general or the attorney general’s designee.

(3) The superintendent of the state police department or the superintendent’s designee.

(4) A local law enforcement officer appointed by the governor.

(5) The secretary of education or the secretary’s designee.

(6) The director of the criminal justice institute or the director’s designee.

(7) An employee of a local school corporation or a charter school appointed by the governor.

     (c) The board shall establish criteria to be used in evaluating applications for grants from the fund. These criteria must:

(1) be consistent with the fund’s goals; and

(2) provide for an equitable distribution of grants to school corporations, charter schools, and accredited nonpublic schools located throughout Indiana.

As added by P.L.172-2013, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.197-2019, SEC.4; P.L.50-2019, SEC.3; P.L.211-2019, SEC.12; P.L.43-2021, SEC.34.

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