AG Drummond Directs OSDE To Distribute 'Long-Overdue' School Security Funds To All Oklahoma Districts

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued a formal opinion directing the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) to distribute "long-overdue school security funds" to districts across the state.

In a statement released Sunday, AG Drummond said this after reports surfaced that the OSDE had refused to allow school districts to retain unused dollars from the School Security Revolving Fund.

The School Security Revolving Fund was established by the Oklahoma State Legislature in response to the 2022 Uvalde, Texas, school shooting.

The fund is part of the School Resource Officer Program, was designed to provide $50 million annually to school districts over a three-year period.

Drummond’s opinion, which carries the force of law, supports the position of legislative leaders that school districts are permitted to carry over these funds from one year to the next.

“Those wasted months have resulted in school districts not receiving millions of dollars in funds they could have used to bolster security and protect students,” Drummond said. “I pray that your failure to deploy these funds does not result in deadly consequences.”

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