Alabama
Physical security / hardeningSchool safety grants to local boards (Act 2024-356) and FY26 school-safety supplemental · Alabama State Department of Education / ALEA
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
School safety funding · nationwide, state by state
Who pays for the glass. Every state, one page.
Security window film is one of the few hardening line items most school-safety programs will fund, because it protects the glass a building already has. 10 states name film or glass in their eligible-use language, 24 more fund physical security generally, and the federal COPS program lists “window film” by name. Pick your state.
Your state
Pick a state. See what pays.
Program, agency, what the eligible-use language says, the current amount and cycle, and the source — read from the agency page wherever it was reachable. Texas has its own page on the standards rule and the allotment.
Names film or glassPhysical security / hardeningCheck the current roundNo dedicated state program found
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The program names are public. The working detail is for people with a building to protect.
Eligible-use language in the agency’s words, current amounts and cycles, the as-of date and the source link for every state — plus the Texas deep-dive. One form unlocks all 50 in this browser, and a Solutions Advisor follows up with the programs that fit your district.
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Alaska
No dedicated state program foundNo dedicated state program found
Eligible-use language, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Arizona
Check the current roundSchool Safety Program · Arizona Department of Education
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Arkansas
Names film or glassSchool Safety Grant (LEARNS Act) · Division of Elementary and Secondary Education
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
California
No dedicated state program foundNo dedicated state hardening grant · California Department of Education
Eligible-use language, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Colorado
Physical security / hardeningSchool Security Disbursement (SSD) Grant · Colorado Office of School Safety (CDPS)
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Connecticut
Physical security / hardeningSchool Security Competitive Grant Program · DESPP/DEMHS with CSDE
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Delaware
Check the current roundSchool Safety and Security Fund (14 Del. C. §4140); DEMA School Safety Center · Delaware DOE / DEMA
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Florida
Physical security / hardeningSafe Schools Allocation (FEFP) + School Hardening Grant Program · Florida Department of Education, Office of Safe Schools
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Georgia
Physical security / hardeningSchool Security Grants (QBE line) · Georgia Department of Education
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Hawaii
No dedicated state program foundNo dedicated grant (single statewide district) · Hawaii DOE
Eligible-use language, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Idaho
Physical security / hardening“Securing Our Future” school safety grants · Idaho Office of School Safety and Security
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Illinois
No dedicated state program foundNo current statewide hardening grant · IEMA / ISBE
Eligible-use language, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Indiana
Physical security / hardeningSecured School Safety Grant (SSSG) · Indiana Department of Homeland Security
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Iowa
Physical security / hardeningSchool Safety Improvement Fund · Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Kansas
Physical security / hardeningSafe and Secure Schools Grant · Kansas State Department of Education
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Kentucky
No dedicated state program foundSchool Security Request funds (HB 352, 2020) — expired · Kentucky Department of Education
Eligible-use language, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Louisiana
Names film or glassLouisiana Center for Safe Schools Grant Program · GOHSEP
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Maine
No dedicated state program foundNo dedicated capital grant (Maine School Safety Center = training and assessments) · Maine DOE
Eligible-use language, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Maryland
Names film or glassSchool Safety Grant Program (Educ. Art. §5-317) · Interagency Commission on School Construction with MCSS
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Massachusetts
Physical security / hardeningSafer Schools and Communities Initiative — Local Equipment & Technology Grant · EOPSS / Office of Grants and Research
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Michigan
Physical security / hardeningSection 31aa per-pupil school safety & mental health + Competitive School Safety Grant Program · MDE / Michigan State Police Office of School Safety
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Minnesota
Names film or glassSafe Schools Revenue (Minn. Stat. §126C.44) · Minnesota Department of Education (district levy)
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Mississippi
Physical security / hardeningSchool Safety Grant Program (Miss. Code §37-3-83) · Mississippi Department of Education
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Missouri
Physical security / hardeningSchool Safety Reimbursement Grant · DESE
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Montana
No dedicated state program foundNo dedicated capital grant (OPI school safety grant is professional development) · Montana OPI
Eligible-use language, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Nebraska
Physical security / hardeningSchool Safety and Security-Related Infrastructure Grant (2023) · Nebraska Department of Education
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Nevada
No dedicated state program foundNo dedicated state program found · Nevada Department of Education
Eligible-use language, as-of date and source. Unlock →
New Hampshire
Physical security / hardeningSecurity Action for Education (SAFE) Grant · NH Department of Education
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
New Jersey
Physical security / hardeningSecuring Our Children’s Future Bond Act — School Security Grant · NJDOE Office of School Facilities
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
New Mexico
Physical security / hardeningSchool Security & Safety Improvements (HB 450, FY2026) · Public School Facilities Authority / PSCOC
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
New York
Names film or glassSmart Schools Bond Act — high-tech security · NYSED
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
North Carolina
Physical security / hardeningSchool Safety Grants Program · NC Center for Safer Schools (DPI)
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
North Dakota
No dedicated state program foundNo dedicated state program found
Eligible-use language, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Ohio
Physical security / hardeningK-12 School Safety Grant Program · Ohio Facilities Construction Commission with Ohio Homeland Security
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Oklahoma
Names film or glassSchool and Campus Safety and Security State Grant (HB 2903, 2023) · OSDE / Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Oregon
No dedicated state program foundNo dedicated capital program found (state funds threat assessment and alerting) · Oregon Department of Education
Eligible-use language, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Pennsylvania
Physical security / hardeningSchool Safety and Security Grant · Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD)
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Rhode Island
No dedicated state program foundNo dedicated state program found · RIDE
Eligible-use language, as-of date and source. Unlock →
South Carolina
Names film or glassSchool Safety Priority Funds (Proviso 1.77, FY2025-26) · SCDE Office of Safe Schools
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
South Dakota
No dedicated state program foundNo state program (a proposed $10M grant was rejected by appropriators in Feb 2025) · DPS School Safety Center
Eligible-use language, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Tennessee
Names film or glassPublic School Security Grant + Non-Public School Security Grant · Tennessee Department of Education / Department of Safety & Homeland Security
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Texas
Names film or glassSchool Safety Allotment (TEC §48.160) + School Safety Standards (19 TAC §103.1215, effective Sept 1, 2026; formerly §61.1031) · Texas Education Agency
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source — and Epic’s Texas deep-dive. Unlock →
Utah
Names film or glassSchool Safety and Support Grant (HB 84, 2024) · Utah State Board of Education / state security chief
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Vermont
Physical security / hardeningSchool Safety & Security Grant · Vermont Department of Public Safety
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Virginia
Physical security / hardeningSchool Security Equipment Grants · Virginia Department of Education (criteria with DCJS)
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Washington
Physical security / hardeningSchool Security and Preparedness Infrastructure Grants (2025-27 Capital Budget) · OSPI
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
West Virginia
Physical security / hardeningSchool Building Authority safety allocations; WVDE Safety & Security Report · SBA / WVDE
Eligible-use language, amount, cycle, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Wisconsin
No dedicated state program found2018 School Safety Grants (closed); Office of School Safety continues · Wisconsin DOJ
Eligible-use language, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Wyoming
No dedicated state program foundNo dedicated state program found · School Facilities Division
Eligible-use language, as-of date and source. Unlock →
Where an agency’s list uses words Epic does not use for film, the entry is paraphrased and linked; read the agency’s own wording at the source. Epic does not publish breach or delay times and does not describe film as bullet-resistant.
Federal
One federal program names window film. One sends you to it. One is over.
The federal program that names window film
COPS Office — School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP)
The U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office program for school physical security. Its FY2026 resource guide lists “Window film/tint,” “Door locking mechanisms/access control doors,” “Entry control equipment” and “Visitor management systems” as allowable costs; construction and renovation are not (fencing excepted).
- Up to $73,000,000 available (FY2026)
- Maximum federal share $500,000; microgrants to $100,000
- At least 25% local cost share (waived for microgrants)
- 36-month period; states, local governments, tribes, public school districts and law-enforcement agencies apply
- FY2026 deadlines: Grants.gov Aug 4, JustGrants Aug 11 (annual cycle)
Program page → · FY26 resource guide (allowable costs) → · FY26 pre-award fact sheet →
Does not fund hardening — it sends you to SVPP
BJA — STOP School Violence Program
Up to $111 million (FY2026) with no match, but for threat assessment, training, reporting systems and prevention — not equipment. The solicitation itself says applicants seeking target-hardening equipment should look to the COPS SVPP program above. Useful for the prevention side of a district’s plan, not the glass.
- Category 1 (states, IHEs) up to $2M; Category 2 (localities, tribes, districts, nonprofits) up to $1M
- No match
- FY2026 deadlines: Grants.gov Oct 30, JustGrants Nov 6
Limited: locks and entry improvements
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — Stronger Connections Grant
$1 billion sent to state education agencies and sub-granted competitively to high-need districts. Federal guidance allows only “limited infrastructure improvements (e.g., the repair of locks and building entry improvement)” and discourages relying on hardening. Most state rounds ran in 2023–2024 and the money is largely obligated — check your state agency’s RFA before planning on it.
- Allowability is set by each state’s RFA
- Largely obligated as of 2026
Over
ESSER (pandemic relief)
ARP ESSER had to be obligated by September 30, 2024, and the last late-liquidation deadline passed March 28, 2026. There are no new ESSER funds. If a vendor is still quoting “ESSER-eligible,” that is a sign of an out-of-date pitch.
Cooperative purchasing
The grant is the money. The co-op contract is how you buy without an RFP.
A lead public agency runs the competitive solicitation and awards a master contract; member districts buy through it. In Texas, Local Government Code §271.102 says a participating entity “automatically satisfies any requirement to seek competitive bidding,” and most states have an equivalent interlocal statute. Epic holds 21 contracts across 13 purchasing cooperatives, so a district can fund the glass with a grant or allotment and procure it through the contract in the same quarter.
BuyBoard · Texas Association of School Boards
Contracts “have been competitively procured, to assist members with compliance.” Site →
Sourcewell · Minnesota service cooperative
“Conducts competitive solicitations on behalf of eligible government entities.” Site →
Choice Partners · Harris County Department of Education (TX)
“National cooperative purchasing service with legally procured contracts.” Site →
OMNIA Partners · Various lead agencies
“One public lead agency prepares and issues the solicitation… and awards the master agreement.” Site →
TIPS-USA · Region 8 Education Service Center (TX)
Competitively bids contracts on behalf of its members. Site →
Bonds
When the state program is empty, the bond package is where film goes.
Districts fund secure vestibules, door hardware and glazing upgrades through voter-approved bond packages, usually inside a “Safety & Security” category next to cameras and access control. State facility programs — Colorado BEST, New Jersey’s Securing Our Children’s Future Bond Act, New York’s Smart Schools Bond Act — are state-level bonds that reimburse the same categories.
Two recent examples that named film: Springfield Public Schools (Missouri) applied protective film to about 14,000 ground-floor windows under its 2023 bond, and Tucson Unified (Arizona) outlined window security film for about 15 schools in its January 2026 bond work. If a bond is coming, get the glass scoped before the package is written — a line item with a number behind it survives the committee; “TBD” does not.
Sources: Springfield (news) · Tucson (board summary).
Map the funding for my district
Tell us the state, the district and roughly how many campuses. A Solutions Advisor replies with the programs that apply, the co-op contract that fits, and a scope you can attach to the application.
FAQ
School safety funding — questions
Is security window film an allowable cost under school safety grants?
Under the programs that fund physical hardening, usually yes — and in 10 states the eligible-use language names film or glass directly (Texas, Utah, New York, Minnesota, Louisiana, South Carolina, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Maryland, Tennessee). In another 24 states the language is “physical security,” “access control” or “hardening,” which covers attached security film in practice; confirm with the program office before you apply. Federally, the COPS School Violence Prevention Program lists “window film/tint” by name.
Which federal grant pays for window film?
The COPS Office School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP): up to $73 million in FY2026, awards to $500,000 with a 25% local match, and “window film/tint,” “entry control equipment” and “door locking mechanisms” on its allowable list. BJA’s STOP School Violence program does not fund hardening — its own solicitation points equipment applicants to SVPP. ESSER is over.
Do we have to put security film out to bid?
Usually not. Cooperative purchasing contracts were competitively bid by a lead public agency, and a district that joins the cooperative buys through that contract instead of running its own RFP (in Texas, Local Government Code §271.102 says participation “automatically satisfies any requirement to seek competitive bidding”; most states have an equivalent). Epic holds 21 contracts across 13 purchasing cooperatives. The grant is the money; the co-op contract is the procurement vehicle, and they are routinely used together.
My state is not on the list with a program. What do we do?
Three routes still work: the federal SVPP grant (any public district can apply), a cooperative-purchasing contract paid from general facilities or bond funds, and the next capital bond — security film is a line item districts put in “Safety & Security” packages because it hardens the glass they already own. Ask Epic for an opening-by-opening scope and budget number to carry into any of those.
How current is this page?
Every entry carries the date of the source it was read from and a link to the agency page. Programs change every legislative session, so treat the amount and deadline as the starting point and confirm with the agency; Epic’s Solutions Advisors track these programs for the districts they work with and will tell you what has changed.
What does Epic provide for a grant application?
A written scope by opening with the film and attachment specified by name and the standards each is rated to, the cooperative contract and pricing, a project schedule that keeps school in session, the installer qualifications and warranty terms, and the installed-opening record the district will need at closeout. Most applications want exactly those attachments.
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