LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS in Rhode Island can each be eligible for up to $500,000 in emergency state funds to make security upgrades to their local school facilities. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE
PROVIDENCE – School districts across Rhode Island will be eligible for substantial emergency state funds in order to make necessary upgrades to improve school safety in the wake of last week’s deadly mass shooting at a Texas elementary school. Gov. Daniel J. McKee, along with the R.I. State Police and the R.I. Department of Education,…