School Safety Program
Per Arizona Revised Statute 15-154, the School Safety Program is established within the department of education to support, promote and enhance safe and effective learning environments for all students by supporting the costs of placing school resource officers, juvenile probation officers, school counselors and school social workers on school campuses.
The School Safety Program is a competitive, state-funded grant that runs in three-year cycles. Arizona public schools and charters are eligible to apply. The next opportunity to apply will be spring, 2023. The grant funding will be for three school years: 2023/2024 through 2025/2026.
Review the updated School Safety Manual.
Background information, the Arizona Department of Education’s presentation to the State Board of Education, and the 3-tiered rubric utilized to evaluate and score the applications are available below:
- School Safety Program Grant Background
- School Safety Program Grant Presentation to the State Board of Education
- School Safety Program Grant Application Rubric
The lists of awarded sites, information about the sites that were eliminated in Tier 1, and the points earned in Tiers 2 and 3 per site are available below:
School Counselors
- School Counselor – List of Awarded Sites
- School Counselor – Sites Eliminated in Tier 1
- School Counselor – Tier 2 and Tier 3 Data Table
School Social Workers
- School Social Worker – List of Awarded Sites
- School Social Worker – Sites Eliminated in Tier 1
- School Social Worker – Tier 2 and Tier 3 Data Table
School Resource Officers (SRO) and Juvenile Probation Officers (JPO)
- SRO and JPO – List of Awarded Sites
- SRO and JPO – Sites Eliminated in Tier 1
- SRO and JPO – Tier 2 and Tier 3 Data Table
