Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) — Senator Mike Rounds wants safer schools.
Rounds introduced the Security to Avoid Violence in Educational Settings Act.
This legislation would redirect federal funds to establish a grant program to enhance school safety at the state and local levels.
The SAVES Act would create a new Department of Justice grant program to improve school security.
This program would reallocate $500 million in funding over five years to states to create grants for local school systems.
The local schools would determine how to use the funds.
