Grundy County schools move forward with 2026 public-school safety grant spending

Grundy County School Board approved Amendment 3 to the district’s Public School Safety Grant budget during its May 19, 2026, meeting. The amendment concerns the grant budget and adjusts it to match available grant funds and designated eligible uses. The approval is a budget action that allows the district to move forward with eligible grant spending.

Virginia’s 2026 school-safety grant program, described by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, covers new school-safety personnel or programming. In Grundy County, Amendment 3 links the district’s local budget to that state program. The practical effect is that the district can budget available grant funds for designated safety uses, while the specific form of the work will be determined through later spending. For students, employees and families, the action sets the funding framework rather than announcing a particular new service.

The public summary does not state the grant’s dollar amount, list line-item expenditures, name a particular school, or identify a specific purchase or service funded by Amendment 3. The amendment therefore leaves project-level decisions to the district’s implementation of the grant. The next known step is district spending under the amended grant budget for eligible personnel or programming. No implementation deadline is identified in the public summary.