LINCOLN - The Nebraska Department of Education has distributed $10 million to half of the state’s public school districts and a few dozen private schools to improve school safety and security infrastructure.

The funds were divided among 122 public districts and 43 private schools for projects in the next year, such as strengthening doors and windows or installing cameras and lighting. State lawmakers approved the proposal as part of Legislative Bill 705, which passed 47-0 in 2023 as a large package of legislation from the Legislature’s Education Committee.

One measure, LB 516 from State Sen. Lynne Walz of Fremont, included recommendations from the state’s School Safety Task Force that formed after the May 24, 2022, shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed.

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