In 2018, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) enacted a new law called Act 44, which provided new form of funding for school safety in school districts across the State of Pennsylvania. The study focused on how school superintendents and high school principals prioritized each category in Pennsylvania Act 44 from highest to the lowest priority regarding safety in high schools across Pennsylvania. The participants for study were school superintendents and high school principals from Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18, Northeast Intermediate Unit 19, and Colonial Intermediate Unit 20. The study examines responses from superintendents and high school principals from rural, suburban, and urban school districts. The study is a mixed-method approach with participants first completing a quantitative survey and then being invited to participate in a qualitative interview. Each participant that took part in the qualitative interview portion were asked the identical questions. The responses provided during the interview allowed for a more complete perspective on the thought process of the individuals participating in the survey employed to rank each of the safety-related categories designated in Pennsylvania Act 44. The study compares the responses from superintendents and high school principals in contrast to the funding approved by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crimes and Delinquency during the implementation of Pennsylvania Act 44 Part B, the completive grant funding for schools. The study breaks down the data to determine how superintendents and high school principals in urban, suburban, and rural districts prioritized the safety needs their respective high schools. In addition, the study illustrates how superintendents and high school principals ranked the school safety categories in Pennsylvania Act 44 and compares the data collected against the Pennsylvania Commission on Crimes and Delinquency funding disbursements to determine if funding was allocated to the school safety categories which superintendents and high school principals identified as the highest priority for high schools in the state. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]