The US Departments of Education , Justice , and Health and Human Services funded the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative in 1999 in response to the school shootings in the late 1990s , including the Paducah , Kentucky school shooting , the Jonesburo , Arkansas school shooting , and the Springfield , Oregon school shooting . Since 1999 the SS/HS Initiative has awarded grants totaling more than $ 2.1 billion to over 300 local education agencies in a range of urban , suburban , and rural communities
Paducah , Kentucky school shooting
Heath High School shooting
Safe Schools/Healthy Students