Maryland received $3.1 million Tuesday to increase school safety and decrease drug use at the most at-risk schools.
The U.S. Department of Education gave a total of $38.8 million in Safe and Supportive School grants to 11 states. Michigan received the largest sum of nearly $6 million.
Maryland will use the grant to create assessment standards for school safety and make the information publicly available. The data would then be used on the local level to create more productive learning environments.
“It’s important that we be able to measure school safety,” Education Secretary Arne Duncan said. “These grants will allow states to do that by surveying the real experts — students themselves.”
