4 school shooting left two dead and several injured. The AP found that most schools statewide have yet to receive funding, including those in Perry, a city of 8,000 people where a Jan. Contractors helping run the program, meanwhile, have received millions.
This was partly because local officials struggled to meet state and federal requirements to complete their applications, according to records reviewed by The Associated Press. More than 19 months and two deadly Iowa school shootings later, the money only recently started to trickle out, with the vast majority still unspent.