The agreed-upon language delivers a $5 million funding request made by Gov. Eric Holcomb for the state's school safety grants, plus $1 million for the Department of Education to audit school safety plans.

Gov. Eric Holcomb wants lawmakers to deliver $5 million more this year for schools to spend on safety upgrades.

The legislation compels the state's secured school safety board to review school safety in Indiana and report to the legislature.

The state's top public school official says more needs to be done around school safety, including more funding for systems of care.

Discussion on a sex education bill in the House shifted unexpectedly to school shooter response training in schools.

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill told the president some of the focus should be on properly equipping schools to prevent and respond to threats.

She penned a letter to state and U.S. lawmakers, outlining current policies regarding school safety and urging action.

Gov. Mike Pence is increasing school safety grant funding by more than $3 million dollars in the wake of a shooting at an Oregon community college that left more than a dozen dead. But it also comes after the new state budget cut that funding by more than half.