A response uptrend #48 does a good job at estimating the cost at around a billion.
That’s just a part of the point. The title compares Ukraine spending which is more than a hundred billion to the ZERO spending granted to States towards school security. The question is why? Why are federal school security grants at ZERO, while Ukraine nonsense is more than $100 Billion?
Freepers have explained very well in this thread the answers to this question.
Well I object to the implied premise that we could only do one or the other.
There is no reason we can’t support Ukraine and provide school security.
There is plenty of waste in the 6.3 Trillion dollar budget that can be cut.
ZERO? Okay
The sudden intersection of these safety concerns in the past year has recently led President Joe Biden to sign rare bipartisan legislation to create new school safety policy and funding. That legislation included $1 billion in funding for schools to “create safe and healthy learning environments for all students,” with an additional $300 million to be made available for “training and equipment that can help during a threat of violence.”
That is significant financial support in this school safety bill, but it is by no means the only support available from the US federal government for school districts and community organizations looking to acquire school safety resources. For example, the Department of Education, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Homeland Security all have grant programs for schools to improve their wider safety and security initiatives.
The US Congressional Research Service recently published a report on Federal Support for School Safety and Security with a comprehensive list of such programs. They support many school safety initiatives, including anti-violence measures, training, and support for schools to acquire broader safety and operational technology.
Highlighted Programs from the Federal Support for School Safety and Security Report:
Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) Grants
Matching Grant Program for School Security
School Safety National Activities (formerly, Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities-National Programs)
Project School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV)
Student Safety and Campus Emergency Management Grants
Education for the Disadvantaged: Grants to LEAs (Title I-A)
Emergency Management Performance Grant Program (EMPG)
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
https://www.realtimenetworks.com/blog/guide-to-us-federal-funding-for-school-safety-and-security