HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Senate advanced legislation on Wednesday to set up a state-administered program to take anonymous reports of dangerous activities or threats of violence in schools, as lawmakers explore improvements to school safety spurred by February’s school shooting in Florida that killed 17 people.

Senators approved the bill unanimously, modeling the program on the Safe2Tell program created in Colorado after 1999’s Columbine school shooting.

Pennsylvania’s efforts could include more state aid as lawmakers work in the final weeks of the fiscal year to assemble a new budget.

Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson, said Wednesday that he wants to add $50 million to the state’s safe schools grant program, up from $8.5 million in the current fiscal year.

Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday said he wants to increase funding in the safe schools grant program, but he would not say how much money he wants to add. He said discussions with top lawmakers have not settled on a specific dollar figure.

In the meantime, Wolf’s administration is in the midst of six school safety task force field hearings and administration officials say it is too early to develop policy pursuits on what they have heard.

However, they said they have heard a lot about mental health and how treatment options do not have strong connections to schools. That creates communication and referral challenges, and school officials are looking to the state to improve that, they said.

Schools also are seeking safety guidance and standards from the state, and administration officials said they are also hearing about the need for more outside activities that will give students more opportunities to interact with each other, as well as with teachers and other adults from the community.

Such activities could provide more opportunities for teachers and others to create relationships and intervene in a student’s life before they become violent, said Sarah Galbally, Wolf’s policy and planning secretary.

The last task force meeting is next Tuesday in Pittsburgh.

The Senate bill, which would create the Safe2Say program, now goes to the House. Under the bill, the state attorney general’s office would administer the program and relay reports to police.