If lawmakers have their way, Putnam County school districts could see more grant funding for school safety. 

The Secured School Safety Grant is funded at $19 million per year, but a bill by Evansville Republican Rep. Wendy McNamara looks to raise the funding to $25 million a year. Furthermore, the measure calls for the creation of school safety commissions formed in each county. 

The bill, HB 1492, made its way out of the House and has moved out of the Senate Education Committee and is headed to the Senate Appropriations Committee. 

Under the Secured School Safety Grant, school districts can use funds for resource officers and law enforcement, equipment or technology, warning systems, firearms training for staff, threat assessments and the implementation of support systems designed to keep schools safe. 

Last year, four schools in Putnam County received more than $237,000 through the Secured Schools Safety Grant Program. 

Cloverdale Community Schools received $50,000, while Greencastle Community School Corp. and North Putnam Community Schools received, $47,068 and $40,000, respectively. South Putnam Community School Corporation received $100,000.