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A year later, how Congress is spending school safety grants

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted March 25, 2019 at 9:00am

By Jinitzail Hernandez and Todd Ruger

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Last March, Congress designated nearly $1 billion for school safety funds, which started going out as grants this fall. CQ’s legal affairs reporter, Todd Ruger, took a closer look at how the money is being distributed one year later.

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