Public Notice

Safe Storage Law Resources

Safe Storage Law Resources

Districts are required to send information home to parents and caregivers on the safe storage of firearms. This is in accordance with the “Safe Storage Laws,” MCL 28.429, MCL 380.1313a, and MCL 380.1313b. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services provided this information to the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) for distribution.

Specific resources required to be sent home to parents and caregivers include:

ESSER/Section 11t/Section 98c

What is ESSER?

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund is part of the United States Education Department’s Educational Stabilization Fund Program that awards grants to schools for the purpose of providing school districts with emergency funds to address the impact that the Novel Coronavirus Disease has had and continues to have on Elementary and Secondary Schools. For more information, please visit the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Cares Act and Coronavirus Relied Fund Information page.

Equalization Payments (Section 11t), outlines the use of federal discretionary funds within the American Rescue Plan ESSER III. For more information, please review the Timelines, Funding for American Rescue Plan (ARP), and Section 11t Equalization – Memo COVID -19-208 – dated October 14, 2021.