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A new School Safety Support Program, created by this bill, would provide state funding to Utah school districts and charter schools to cover the costs of safety personnel, building security standards, emergency response protocols, and security equipment and infrastructure. To receive funding, schools would need to submit a safety plan with measurable goals and an annual progress report to the state's School Safety Center, and 10% of the program's appropriation would be reserved specifically to reimburse law enforcement agencies for training school safety personnel. Funding would be distributed based on enrollment, with smaller school districts receiving higher base amounts to help offset their lower per-student revenue, and the program would be shielded from budget cuts triggered by declining enrollment while remaining eligible for annual inflation adjustments. The bill also allows the Legislature, once savings account contributions hit their cap, to redirect up to 1% of the total per-student funding value toward this new safety program instead.