Kentucky State Funding
State Funding
Kentucky supports school safety through state-funded programs, training, technical assistance, and guidance coordinated with the Kentucky Center for School Safety. These efforts may help districts strengthen personnel support, improve safety planning, access professional development, and identify grant opportunities for school-safety improvements when funding is available.
Kentucky Center for School Safety Funding and Programs
Kentucky supports school safety through funding, training, technical assistance, and statewide resources connected to the Kentucky Center for School Safety.
The Kentucky General Assembly has provided long-term support for safe-school efforts through the Kentucky Department of Education. For FY2025–2026, Kentucky approved a two-year appropriation of $15 million for safe-school programs and services. Districts may use these funds to support eligible school-safety needs, while a portion may be retained for Kentucky Center for School Safety operations.
The Kentucky Center for School Safety also helps districts identify school-safety resources, training opportunities, best practices, and available state or national grant opportunities when funding is available.
Kentucky Wearable Panic Alert Proposal
Kentucky lawmakers considered House Bill 643, also known as Alyssa’s Law, during the 2026 Regular Session.
The bill would allow school districts to implement wearable panic alert systems in school facilities. Under the proposal, a qualifying system would need to connect emergency service technologies, support real-time coordination among multiple emergency-response agencies, integrate with public safety answering point infrastructure to transmit 911 calls and mobile activations, and be capable of initiating a campuswide lockdown notification.
HB 643 would also require the Kentucky Department of Education to provide a list of approved wearable panic alert systems and would direct the Kentucky Center for School Safety to establish a Wearable Panic Alert Grant Program if funding is available.
As of July 2026, HB 643 has passed the Kentucky House but has not completed the full legislative process. It should be described as a pending proposal, not an enacted statewide requirement.
Kentucky Center for School Safety
The Kentucky Center for School Safety provides guidance, training, resources, technical assistance, and school-safety information for districts across the Commonwealth.
The center serves as a statewide clearinghouse for school violence prevention and safe-school practices. It shares research, data, best practices, training standards, model programs, and technical support for schools, law enforcement agencies, and communities.
KCSS also maintains resources related to emergency response planning, risk assessment, school safety coordinators, school resource officers, grants and funding, compliance, and other school-safety topics.
The funding information and links provided on this page are based on publicly available information at the time of publication. While we make every effort to keep this resource current and relevant, funding programs, eligibility requirements, deadlines, and website links may change over time. If you discover outdated information, inaccurate content, or a broken link, please let us know by emailing info@carehawk.com.