CASPER — When the Wyoming School Facilities Commission sent its budget request to the Legislature’s Select Committee on School Facilities, commissioners were asked to justify their $10 million request for school safety and security.

The budget request is for the 2027-28 biennium budget. The $10 million was split into two piles: $8 million to go to schools based on enrollment, and the other $2 million to secure vestibules and vehicle barricades.

To provide justification for the fund request, the School Facilities Commission had asked each school district to send in how many secure vestibules they had, whether they had vehicle barricades and what their top security projects would cost.

Those needs were presented to the commission on Thursday. The commission will take its findings to the S

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