Safer campuses across Louisiana? New funding allows local schools to enhance security

Several school systems across the state are receiving more than half a million dollars apiece to beef up security and reinforce single points of entry on campuses. Four of those systems are here in Acadiana.

The Louisiana Department of Education is sending out more than $20 million across the state as part of its Stronger Connections Grant program. The money is being split between 39 separate school systems.