Most, but not all, schools have requested free metal detectors from the state.
(Indianapolis, Ind.) - Indiana’s governor is giving schools across the state more time to apply for handheld metal detectors.
Governor Eric Holcomb's office yesterday said schools have until Friday, October 5 to apply.
So far, the state has received requests for over 3,200 metal detectors since the program was announced in the early summer. The requests came from 370 school entities, including 94 percent of all of Indiana’s traditional public school corporations.
The cost of the program is over $331,000, but the schools do not have to pay. The program is state-funded.
Schools can receive one detector for every 250 students in a building.
Holcomb offered the metal detectors to schools across the state after the shooting at Noblesville West Middle School at the end of the last school year.
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