Amendment ID: S2962-5

Amendment 5

Campus Public Safety Funding

Mr. Moore moves that the proposed new text be amended in section 2B by inserting after item 7009-2009 the following item:-

“Department of Higher Education

7066-6829 For initiatives to improve the safety and security of public institutions of higher education, to be administered in coordination with the executive office of education and the executive office of public safety and security; provided, that funding may be used for multi-year grants to public institutions of higher education for school security and communications upgrades; provided further, that funding may be used to provide training for campus public safety officials; provided further, that funding from this item may be used to issue student identification cards to include sexual assault crisis information, including, but not limited to, rape crisis hotline phone numbers; provided further, that existing student identification cards shall not be required to be reprinted and reissued; provided further, that funding may be used to provide upgrades of security cameras, door locks, active shooter detection systems, emergency communication systems, campus lighting and emergency call boxes; provided further, that funding may be used to provide upgrades of security cameras, door locks, active shooter detection systems, emergency communication systems, campus lighting and emergency call boxes; and provided further, that not less than $10,000,000 shall be provided to community colleges... $30,000,000.”