Missouri school safety

School mapping bill & safety grants in Missouri

Not currently. Missouri's 2025 safety law (SB 68) covers emergency plans and AEDs but no mapping, and a 2026 bill, HB 3174, would add an emergency-map requirement yet remains pending and is not law.

Missouri has no enacted law requiring schools to give first responders critical-incident maps or campus floor plans. A 2026 bill (HB 3174) proposing emergency-response-map and law-enforcement data-access requirements is pending and has not become law.^[1]

Why this matters in Missouri

Why do Missouri schools need responder-ready maps now?

Missouri's SB 68 covered emergency plans and AEDs but left mapping out entirely, and HB 3174 would close that gap only if it ever becomes law. Across 2,475 schools and 565 districts, the districts that map now move ahead of a future requirement instead of reacting to it under deadline pressure. A first responder arriving at an unfamiliar Missouri campus should not be the one discovering the building's layout in real time.

Proposed legislation

What would Missouri’s bill require?

Statute

HB 3174 (2026 Regular Session) - pending; no RSMo section enacted^[1]

Compliance

None. No mapping mandate is enacted. HB 3174 (2026) was primarily a wearable panic alert bill carrying an emergency-response-mapping rider; it remained in committee and did not appear among the bills truly agreed and finally passed when the 2026 regular session adjourned sine die on May 15, 2026. Panic-alert legislation is a separate category from a school mapping mandate and is not counted as one here.^[1]

What the bill would require: As of June 2026 Missouri has NO enacted law requiring schools to provide digital critical-incident maps or accurate campus floor-plan data to first responders. The comprehensive 2025 school-safety law (SB 68, signed July 9, 2025, effective Aug 28, 2025) addresses emergency operations plans, cardiac/AED emergency plans, MSIP safety criteria, and mandatory reporting of school-safety incidents to DESE - but contains NO mapping/floor-plan provision. A pending bill, HB 3174 (introduced in the Missouri House in February 2026), WOULD require emergency response maps capable of creating and managing electronic asset tags and require that security data be accessible by a local law enforcement agency - but it has not passed and is not law. If HB 3174 were enacted it would establish the mapping mandate; until then there is no statutory requirement.^[2]

Funding

What grants help Missouri schools pay for mapping?

Missouri districts often combine state and federal programs to fund first-responder mapping, AI threat detection, and emergency communications. We list only currently open or recurring programs; amounts and deadlines change, so confirm each at its official source before applying.

Federal programs (available nationwide)

COPS School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP)Closed

Funding FY26: up to $73,000,000 total available; maximum federal share of $500,000 per award; approximately 200 awards anticipated; 36-month period of performance starting October 1, 2026. A local cash match of at least 25 percent is required unless a waiver is requested and approved. Approximately $1,000,000 was reserved for microgrants of up to $100,000 for rural, tribal, and low-resourced school districts. These are the closed FY26 figures, not a forecast for FY27.

Funds school security technology and equipment, including systems that speed law-enforcement notification during an emergency. (U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office))

Most recent cycle closed. Confirm the next cycle at the official source.Listing: 16.710Full program details ^[3]

STOP School Violence Program (BJA) - Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School ViolenceClosed

Funding FY25 solicitation (the most recent on record): award ceiling $2,000,000, award floor $0, 79 awards anticipated. UNVERIFIED: the total program funding figure and the Category 1 / Category 2 split. The Grants.gov synopsis records total program funding as $2,000,000 against 79 awards at a $2,000,000 ceiling, which is internally inconsistent and appears to be a data-entry artefact, and the previously published ~$83,000,000 total and category breakdown could not be re-confirmed on a primary source in this pass. Treat the per-award ceiling as the reliable figure.

Funds evidence-based violence prevention: threat assessment, anonymous reporting, and law-enforcement coordination (cannot fund cameras, locks, or fencing). (U.S. Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Justice Programs)

Most recent cycle closed. Confirm the next cycle at the official source.Listing: 16.839Full program details ^[4]

Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence)Rolling

Funding Awards are sized to the incident and vary widely; there is no published per-award cap and no match requirement. The ten published FY2026 awards range from $25,434 (Lower Kuskokwim School District, AK) to $439,630 (Anchorage School District, AK). FY2025 awards ranged from $12,989 to $1,252,000. Two tiers exist, both at the Secretary's discretion and subject to appropriations: Immediate Services (emergency short-term assistance) and Extended Services (longer recovery).

Funds short-term recovery services, including security measures, after a school experiences a violent or traumatic event. (U.S. Department of Education - Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Safe and Supportive Schools)

Deadline: No fixed deadline, event-driven. LEAs and IHEs apply on a rolling basis after a qualifying traumatic event by contacting the Department of Education. The program now lists separate contacts for school-violence SERV and natural-disaster SERV; get the current contact from the official program page rather than a cached address.Listing: 84.184SFull program details ^[5]

See full details on each federal funding program, including eligibility, deadlines, and how each can apply to responder-ready mapping.

How schools comply

How do Missouri schools go from paper plans to a map responders can actually use?

Districts that map now get ahead of HB 3174 instead of reacting to it. The window favors moving early: one LiDAR-and-drone scan builds a live 3D digital twin that reaches responders through RapidSOS with no new software for any 911 center to install. Static PDFs go stale the moment a building changes, and they cannot be shared live with arriving units.

Ark Strategic builds a live 3D digital twin of a campus from a LiDAR and drone scan, often completed in a single day though larger campuses can take longer, with every room, exit, utility shutoff, AED, and access point labeled. Responders reach it two ways, neither of which requires anything new to install: through RapidSOS, the platform already connected to the vast majority of US 911 centers, or in any web browser, since the twin runs in the cloud. Either way, your 911 center and on-scene units see the campus inside tools they already have.

A flat floor plan tells responders where the walls are. A digital twin shows them where to go. The platform and setup are bundled into one deployment, often grant-funded, so there is no separate software line item for the district. See how the K-12 platform works.

FAQ

What else do Missouri districts ask about school mapping?

Does Missouri require school safety mapping?

Not currently. Missouri's 2025 safety law (SB 68) covers emergency plans and AEDs but no mapping, and a 2026 bill, HB 3174, would add an emergency-map requirement yet remains pending and is not law. Missouri has no enacted law requiring schools to give first responders critical-incident maps or campus floor plans. A 2026 bill (HB 3174) proposing emergency-response-map and law-enforcement data-access requirements is pending and has not become law.

What does Missouri's school safety law require?

As of June 2026 Missouri has NO enacted law requiring schools to provide digital critical-incident maps or accurate campus floor-plan data to first responders. The comprehensive 2025 school-safety law (SB 68, signed July 9, 2025, effective Aug 28, 2025) addresses emergency operations plans, cardiac/AED emergency plans, MSIP safety criteria, and mandatory reporting of school-safety incidents to DESE - but contains NO mapping/floor-plan provision. A pending bill, HB 3174 (introduced in the Missouri House in February 2026), WOULD require emergency response maps capable of creating and managing electronic asset tags and require that security data be accessible by a local law enforcement agency - but it has not passed and is not law. If HB 3174 were enacted it would establish the mapping mandate; until then there is no statutory requirement.

When must Missouri schools comply?

None. No mapping mandate is enacted. HB 3174 (2026) was primarily a wearable panic alert bill carrying an emergency-response-mapping rider; it remained in committee and did not appear among the bills truly agreed and finally passed when the 2026 regular session adjourned sine die on May 15, 2026. Panic-alert legislation is a separate category from a school mapping mandate and is not counted as one here. Districts should confirm current timelines with their state education agency.

What grants help Missouri schools pay for safety mapping?

Missouri districts may be eligible for programs including Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence). Eligibility, amounts, and deadlines vary by program and should be confirmed at each program's official source.

What is critical incident mapping?

Critical incident mapping is the practice of giving first responders accurate, current digital maps of a building, with rooms, exits, utility shutoffs, AEDs, and access points labeled and shareable in real time, so police, fire, and EMS can navigate an unfamiliar campus during an emergency.

New to the terms? See the school safety mapping glossary for plain-language, sourced definitions, or the national FAQ for the questions districts ask most.

Sources

Where does every claim on this page come from?

We do not ask you to take our word for any of this. Each numbered citation above links to its primary government source below, with the date we last verified it. Programs and deadlines change, so confirm current rules at the source. How we verify.

Compare across state lines

What do the states bordering Missouri require?

School safety mapping varies by state line. See where the states next door stand.

See how the rest of the Midwest region compares on school safety mapping.

Free brief

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A printable summary of Missouri’s mapping mandate, the grants that fund it, the buyer-side standard, and a district readiness checklist. Built to forward to your board.

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Which Missouri grants does your district actually qualify for?

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