Opportunity Overview
The Kansas Office of the Attorney General administers the Kansas Safe and Secure Firearm Detection Grant Program to support firearm detection and screening technology in Kansas public schools. The program was authorized through Kansas Senate Bill 125 and is funded with a $10,000,000 state appropriation.
Funding and Availability
The Attorney General’s current program page states that awards are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to funding availability and compliance with program requirements. $2,500,000 is reserved for eligible schools in each of Kansas’s four congressional districts, and no individual school district may receive more than $500,000 total under the program.
The current public program page does not publish a fixed application deadline or a current remaining balance by congressional district. Atlas therefore does not infer that funds remain available in any particular district solely because the program page remains online.
Eligibility
The governing Kansas appropriation authorizes a public school operated by a Kansas school district to apply to the Attorney General for authorization to use the state-contracted firearm detection software. Each application must identify the buildings in which the school intends to use the technology and must satisfy the Attorney General’s current application requirements.
Technology and Procurement Framework
The governing law requires the state-contracted software to detect and alert building personnel and first responders to visible, unholstered firearms on school property; hold qualified anti-terrorism technology designation under the federal SAFETY Act; integrate with existing security-camera infrastructure; be directly managed by the contracted vendor through a continuously monitored operations center staffed by trained analysts; and be developed in the United States without third-party or open-source data. The Attorney General’s current program page states that after award the recipient coordinates with the state-selected vendor to prepare and submit the invoice for payment.
Match and Submission Verification
No universal applicant match or cost-share requirement is stated on the current Attorney General program page or in the controlling appropriation language reviewed by Atlas. However, the current public materials available in this verification pass do not provide enough authoritative detail to establish the current remaining allocation, the complete current application form, the submission channel, or every infrastructure prerequisite. Those items must be reverified before applicant-level action.
Atlas Assessment
Atlas Opportunity Score: 42/100. This is a substantial Kansas school-safety funding program, but it is not a healthcare-delivery or clinical-technology opportunity. N9+ Fit: 0/100. QC Healthcare Fit: 0/100. Direct Vendor Fit: 0/100. The program uses a state-selected firearm-detection vendor, so Dr. Miltie, N9+, and QC Healthcare should not be introduced into the procurement.
Verification Hold
Keep this record in verification hold rather than publish it as an active outreach opportunity until the Kansas Attorney General’s Office authoritatively confirms that funds remain available in the relevant congressional district and Atlas verifies the current application form, infrastructure prerequisites, submission method, and any current amendments. Do not create ORIGINAL outreach or an Atlas_Email_Queue record from this draft while those items remain unresolved.
Official source: Kansas Office of the Attorney General – Kansas Safe and Secure Firearm Detection Grant Program.
Controlling authority: Kansas Senate Bill 125 / 2025 Session Laws, Chapter 117.