Education budget committee targets money for school safety vendor

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A House committee on Tuesday agreed to redirect $5 million from school safety grants to an artificial intelligence program that promises a solution for detecting guns in schools.

The House K-12 Education Budget committee passed a budget proviso designating the money specifically for ZeroEyes, a Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, firm that according to its website was founded in 2018 by a team of Navy SEALS and technology specialists.

The company said it was founded following the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018.

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