The June 2022 announcement was addressed to parents horrified by the massacre at an Texas: Iowa would spend $75 million in federal pandemic relief funds to improve school building security.
Citing an urgent need to act after Uvalde and shootings outside Ի in Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds said the state would award up to $50,000 each to 1,500 schools to fix vulnerabilities. Like many she rebuffed calls for stricter gun control while embracing efforts to “harden” schools.
