Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School Vo-Tech

Slippery Rock Area School District and Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School are among 166 schools and districts statewide that will share $8 million in Safe Schools Targeted grants.

The grants, announced by Gov. Josh Shapiro on Friday, Feb. 10, are designed to improve school safety.

Slippery Rock Area School District will receive $50,000, and Butler County Area Vocational Technical School will get $75,000.

Grants can be used to create safer school communities in a variety of ways, such as purchasing safety equipment, implementing new programs, and hiring security personnel and school resource officers.