Senator Eric Lesser’s amendment to increase funding for the security grant program to $3 million and to introduce a new security personnel pilot program were adopted in the Senate Budget. The budget process now moves on with a six-member conference committee appointed by the legislature to reconcile the differences between the House and the Senate budget proposals.
The next step is to ask the conference committee to invest in these crucial security resources. Please fill out the action alert below to share how important these programs are for our community.
Our schools and shuls are spending significant funds each year to protect our children and our community and they should not have to shoulder these costs alone. One of the state’s core functions is to ensure the safety of all residents and to deploy resources to where they are most needed to prevent attacks.
We are asking the state to partner with our schools and shuls and add additional state resources for the nonprofit security grant program to ensure that our community members can attend shul and send their children to day school without fear and unease. In addition to the support for security related building upgrades we also request that the state allocate additional funds to cover the cost of security guards.