Sec. 4.5. (a) The board may award a grant to provide for the initial set up costs for an active event warning system to a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school that jointly applies with the sheriff for the county in which the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school is located. The specifications for an active event warning system must include the following:

(1) A two (2) phone application based system that includes school officials as a sender within the system and law enforcement agencies as a receiver within the system.

(2) An adjusted geofence to alert law enforcement agencies that are within a certain geographic location, including settings based on rural and urban locations, with an urban setting having a reduced geofence and a rural setting having a broader geofence.

(3) The ability for students and the public to submit anonymous tips through a free reporting application.

(4) The ability for information within the system to be interoperable with 911 dispatch.

(5) The ability to display the school’s address and location on a map.

(6) The ability to provide notifications during emergencies and nonemergencies.

(7) The ability to call 911 automatically when the system is triggered.

(8) The ability to operate several individual school response plans.

     (b) A school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school may receive only one (1) grant under this section.

     (c) A sheriff for a county may receive multiple grants under this section.

     (d) The board may not award a grant to a school corporation or charter school under this section unless the school corporation or charter school is in a county that has a county school safety commission, as described in section 12 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.50-2019, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.150-2023, SEC.5.