INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- More than 3,200 hand-held metal detectors have been requested by schools across Indiana through a state program aimed at improving student safety.
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Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb announced the program in early July, which provides the devices to school officials free of charge.
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The first batch of metal detectors should arrive sometime in August. Other schools that did not place an order will have another chance to do so this fall.
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Holcomb's program allows schools to receive one metal detector for every 250 students.
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State officials are hoping to boost safety through a grant program that helps schools afford security improvements.
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The metal detector program was announced after a Noblesville middle school student opened fire in a classroom in May, wounding his teacher and another student.
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Related:
- New Albany-Floyd County schools to get free metal detecting wands
- Indiana schools can request handheld metal detectors at no cost
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