Drayton to receive nearly half a million in funding for student mental health, school security

The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction and State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler have announced 13 school districts across North Dakota will be receiving part of $5.93 million in federal mental health and school security grants.

Of that amount, $4.83 million was provided to the state through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which was created back in 2022 in response to the Rob…