State Senator Joseph J. Crisco, Jr.
January 24, 2008
Crisco, Hartley Announce Naugatuck to Receive $361,000 in Funding For School Security
Financial help is on the way to improve school safety in Naugatuck. Senators Joseph Crisco (D-Woodbridge) and Joan Hartley (D-Waterbury) are welcoming the news that the Naugatuck school district will receive a state grant of $361,257 for security infrastructure improvements through the S.A.F.E. (Security Assistance for Education) Schools program. The funding will provide security improvements at ten schools in Naugatuck.
During the 2007 legislative session, Senators Crisco and Hartley strongly supported the S.A.F.E. Schools initiative, which was proposed by Senate President Pro Tempore Donald E. Williams Jr. (D-Brooklyn) and created a grant program for the purchase and installation of security upgrades and for personnel training at Connecticut's schools.
A total of $10 million was allocated over the next two fiscal years (FYs 2008 and 2009) to provide the grants to schools and districts in need. Grants could be used for purchase and installation of security cameras, door buzzers and scan card systems, panic buttons and other improvements measures and training.
"The S.A.F.E. Schools initiative is designed to provide school districts with the financial help to assess security needs and to make the necessary infrastructure improvements," said Senator Crisco. "This is a positive step forward to improve safety in the schools across Connecticut. I'm especially pleased it will provide security assessments and improvements for 10 schools in Naugatuck."
"I am especially grateful the Naugatuck Borough schools will have the opportunity to share in the S.A.F.E. Schools program, a means of receiving significant resources to ensure the safety of our children and faculty during the school day and related school activities," said Senator Hartley.
These are the grants for the Naugatuck school district: $81,357 for Naugatuck High School, $55,980 for City Hill Middle School, $37,320 for Hillside Middle School, $29,856 for Salem School, and $26,124 each for the Andrew Avenue School, Central Avenue School, Cross Intermediate School, Prospect Street School, Maple Hill School and Western School.
Following the program's launch in September, 360 individual schools across the state applied for the grants, which are administered through the state Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
Priority was given first to schools with no entrance security infrastructure and second to schools located within priority school districts. Districts had to show that they had conducted a uniform security assessment of entrances and infrastructure, that they have an emergency plan developed in conjunction with applicable state and local first-responders, and that they periodically conduct tests and drills of their emergency plan.
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