BOISE, Idaho — Over 30 school districts and charter schools in Idaho will receive funding to install special detectors in their schools to detect vaping. The detectors will be installed in the bathrooms and locker rooms, areas prevalent to vaping.
According to a news release from the Idaho Department of Education (IDE), the detectors are funded by a grant funded by the Idaho Millennium Fund and administered through the IDE. They said that the goal of the grant is to prevent vaping before it starts and to provide staff with added resources.
"Putting the right tools to address vaping into the hands of our school districts is an important first step in tackling this problem and ensuring the health of our students and educational communities," said Superintendent of Public Instruction Debbie Critchfield. "I hope that schools find this equipment to be an effective new resource in safeguarding the health and well-being of their students."
There were 59 eligible applicants for the grant, and 31 local education agencies were awarded funding. In order to get funding, the awardees had to provide evidence of a need for vape detectors, including providing details of their current efforts to stop vaping in their schools.
The IDE provided a list of the following schools that will be installing the detectors:
- American Falls School District
- Bear Lake School District
- Blackfoot School District
- Bliss School District
- Butte County School District
- Cascade School District
- Coeur d'Alene School District
- COSSA Schools
- Emmett Independent School District
- Forest Bird Charter School
- Hagerman Joint School District
- Horseshoe Bend School District
- Kimberly School District
- Kuna School District
- Lake Pend Oreille School District
- Lakeland School District
- Lewiston Independent School District
- Madison School District
- Marsing School District
- Middleton School District
- Minidoka County School District
- Moscow School District
- Mountain Home School District
- Murtaugh Joint School District
- Parma School District
- Pocatello – Chubbuck Joint School District
- Preston Joint School District
- Shelley Joint School District
- Soda Springs Joint School District
- Teton School District
- Twin Falls School District
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