OKLAHOMA CITY — Tens of millions of dollars meant to prevent the next school shooting and keep away other threats will be distributed by the end of the week.
That’s according to an internal email sent by the next speaker of the Oklahoma House to other state lawmakers.
Millions of dollars in state funds dedicated to preventing the next school shooting has been sitting unspent and in limbo for more than a year.
Now according to an email sent out by incoming Speaker of the House State Rep. Kyle Hilbert, he has been guaranteed by Walters the funds will go out by the end of the week.
State lawmakers passed a bill last year after the school shooting at a Nashville private school that would open up funds to school districts throughout the state to help them hire school resource officers and buy other tools to help prevent similar tragedies from happening in Oklahoma.