LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has announced that 150 awards were made to 57 local school districts, 14 intermediate school districts, 40 nonpublic schools and 39 public school academies for $10 million in state funding from the Competitive School Safety Grant Program.

These grants, some of which were awarded to Upper Peninsula schools, will go toward the purchase of equipment and/or technology to improve the safety and security of school buildings, students, and staff, the governor’s office said.

U.P. schools awarded grants:

≤ Copper Island Academy, Calumet, $35,000

≤ Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District, Escanaba, $37,613

≤ Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District, Bergland, $50,000

≤ Gwinn Area Community Schools, $150,000

≤ Holy Name Catholic School/Holy Name High School, a Chesterton Academy, Escanaba, $23,965

≤ Holy Spirit Central Catholic School, Norway, $24,000

≤ Houghton-Portage Township Schools, $25,238

≤ Iron Mountain Public Schools, $250,000

≤ Lake Linden-Hubbell Elementary/High School, $62,238

≤ Mid Peninsula School District, Rock, $40,000

≤ Rapid River Public Schools, $28,284

≤ Sault Ste. Marie Area Public Schools, $250,000

≤ Superior Central Schools, Eben Junction, $34,238

“Michigan’s students and educators deserve to feel safe in school,” Whitmer said in a statement. “In my budget proposal for next school year, I’ve proposed $66 million in school safety grants, which is equal to the total amount distributed since 2015.”

A total of 336 eligible applications were received, requesting approximately $35 million in funding, according to the governor’s office. Applications were reviewed by a committee that included representatives from the Michigan State Police, Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police, Michigan Sheriffs’ Association, Michigan Department of Education, Michigan Association of Non-Public Schools and the Michigan Emergency Management Association.

Grant recipients have until July 1, 2023, to spend their awards.