Sec. 3313.5310. (A) Within ninety days after the effective | 5 |
date of this section, the director of public safety, in | 6 |
consultation with the superintendent of public instruction, shall | 7 |
develop a process through which the board of education of a school | 8 |
district, the governing authority of a community school | 9 |
established under Chapter 3314., the governing body of a STEM | 10 |
school established under Chapter 3326., or the board of trustees | 11 |
of a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter | 12 |
3328. of the Revised Code may submit an application for federal or | 13 |
other financial assistance in the installation of metal detectors | 14 |
at the entrances to one or more classroom buildings of the | 15 |
district or school should the district or school decide, at its | 16 |
own discretion, to install metal detectors. | 17 |
(B) The executive director of the Ohio emergency management | 18 |
agency, in consultation with the superintendent of public | 19 |
instruction, shall take all actions necessary to obtain any | 20 |
federal or other funding available to assist schools in metal | 21 |
detector acquisition, installation, and operation, including but | 22 |
not limited to applying for funds from the federal homeland | 23 |
security program. | 24 |