Virginia schools obtain $12 million in security grants
Several Virginia schools have been awarded grants by the Virginia Department of Education to enhance security at their campuses.
In a news releases, the Virginia Department of Education announced $12 million in state School Security Equipment Grants to go toward protecting students, faculty and visitors in 489 schools in 102 school divisions. The grants will include monies for video monitoring systems, voice and video internal communications systems, school bus interior cameras, mass notification systems, visitor-identification systems, access control systems, two-way radios, security vestibules and other security upgrades.