The purpose of the School Safety and Security Grant is to provide funding to public schools, including the School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the School for the Deaf for the following safety expenses:
Grantees may not expend funds for administrative purposes, including direct administrative costs or indirect costs.
None is available.
Unallowable activities and use of funds for this grant may include but are not limited to the following:
Eligible applicants can be seen at http://castro.tea.state.tx.us/eGrants/19-20/19055301/eligapps.pdf.
Applications were to be submitted by January 31, 2020. The revised timeline is as follows: March 17, 2023 is the last amendment deadline. June 15, 2023 is the new Grant End Date. July 17, 2023 is the Final/Revised Final Expenditure reporting Deadline. July 30, 2023 is the TEA grant closeout date.
Approximately $100,000,000 is available in total funding. Funding is distributed via formula ($16.18 per pupil) based on LEA enrollment. Award amounts vary. Funding amounts can be seen at http://castro.tea.state.tx.us/eGrants/19-20/19055301/eligapps.pdf. There is no cost share or matching requirement for this grant program.
TEA has extended the end date for the 2019-2021 School Safety and Security Grant Notice of Grant Award (NOGA). The new end grant end date is June 15, 2023. Grantees do not have to amend their applications to receive their revised NOGA. Revised NOGA certificates can be accessed, viewed, and printed using the Print NOGA button in the Expenditure Reporting (ER) system.