Among the proposals:
Arming school employees, expanding background checks and revamping the Baker Act to keep guns from people experiencing mental - health issues /
Arming school employees, expanding background checks and revamping the Baker Act law to keep guns from people experiencing mental - health issues were among measures law - enforcement leaders from across the state discussed Tuesday as they look for ways to prevent future school massacres.
Superintendent Kurt Browning says the program is a hybrid between the state's guardian program, which allows
arming school employees, and hiring sworn school resource officers.
Residents argue on both sides about
arming school employees during a second town hall meeting in Brevard County.
Ivey says he's worried the debate about
arming school employees is overshadowing the more important need for resource officers in every school.
In the South, «School Emergency Planning» was the most popular category, but there were also many bills pushing for «Police in Schools» and «
Arming School Employees.»
Broward School Board members took a stand against
arming school employees Tuesday, while facing harsh public criticism about how well the district protects and cares for its students.
It put millions of dollars toward school safety and mental health initiatives, though it included a controversial, voluntary program to
arm some school employees.
The legislation also includes millions of dollars to improve school security and train and
arm school employees.
The state of Florida has passed a law establishing a program to train and
arm some school employees recently.
We call on members of the PA House to abandon any legislation to
arm school employees.
The district is finalizing a job description, but the specialists will fall between a sworn school resource officer and
an armed school employee.
Brevard County residents split at a town hall meeting about whether to
arm school employees.
«Corcoran tried to justify his betrayal by claiming the provision in the bill to
arm school employees makes it «one of the greatest Second Amendment victories we've ever had» because it ends «gun free zones on school campuses,»» Hammer said in her email, referring to Corcoran's comments in an interview with the Sarasota Herald - Tribune.
House spent more than seven hours debating the plan to
arm school employee on Wednesday.
Their bill includes $ 67 million to be used by sheriffs to set up a program to train and
arm school employees.
Not exact matches
Last month, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed a gun control bill that included a provision to
arm some trained
school employees — but not full - time teachers.
He is the friend of Tio, and Tio is my
employee, and as all of you know» — he waved his
arm in a broad gesture — «my
employee went to the
school, to the college, in the United States.
In the wake of the deadly shooting at Stoneman Douglas High
School in Parkland, Florida, the 18th school shooting to occur in the U.S. in 2018, many have attempted to focus the debate on the possibility of arming school teachers and other school employees as a way of deterring and preventing future school shoo
School in Parkland, Florida, the 18th
school shooting to occur in the U.S. in 2018, many have attempted to focus the debate on the possibility of arming school teachers and other school employees as a way of deterring and preventing future school shoo
school shooting to occur in the U.S. in 2018, many have attempted to focus the debate on the possibility of
arming school teachers and other school employees as a way of deterring and preventing future school shoo
school teachers and other
school employees as a way of deterring and preventing future school shoo
school employees as a way of deterring and preventing future
school shoo
school shootings.
«It's also very important to have good internal communications, and
arm employees with information about the
school system or
schools, so everyone knows what's going on.
Employees of a statewide Parent Information Center have been giving shoppers there detailed profiles of
school districts, hoping to
arm them with the information they need to be smarter
school consumers.
The
school safety assistant program will put an
armed employee at each of Duval County's 107 elementary and alternative
schools so that the district is in compliance with the new state law passed after the Parkland
school shooting.
Duval County
school leaders have already approved plans to hire
armed safety assistants, who are not sworn officers, but are
school employees.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The director of the Duval County
School Police Department expressed confidence in the new school safety assistant program, which will hire and train 107 new employees who will be armed at elementary schools beginning next school
School Police Department expressed confidence in the new
school safety assistant program, which will hire and train 107 new employees who will be armed at elementary schools beginning next school
school safety assistant program, which will hire and train 107 new
employees who will be
armed at elementary
schools beginning next
schoolschool year.
Developing a program to
arm teachers and
school employees was also brought up this year in Olympia.
We have had several inquiries about whether the DOJ advice to Federal prosecutors regarding pursuing criminal cases will have an impact upon the Department of Transportation's longstanding regulation about the use of marijuana by safety ‐ sensitive transportation
employees — pilots,
school bus drivers, truck drivers, train engineers, subway operators, aircraft maintenance personnel, transit fire ‐
armed security personnel, ship captains, and pipeline emergency response personnel, among others.
We have had several inquiries about whether these state initiatives will have an impact upon the Department of Transportation's longstanding regulation about the use of marijuana by safety ‐ sensitive transportation
employees — pilots,
school bus drivers, truck drivers, train engineers, subway operators, aircraft maintenance personnel, transit fire ‐
armed security personnel, ship captains, and pipeline emergency response personnel, among others.
Whether you're in an urban, suburban, exurban, or rural location, and no matter if you're a public or private
school employee, you can choose this call to
arms.
The bill would ban the sale of rifles and long guns to youths under age 21, require a three day waiting period for the purchase of such guns, ban the sale of bump stocks, and create a voluntary program to train and
arm certain
school employees.
Schools also employ campus monitors, who patrol the halls with walkie talkies but are not
armed, and a security specialist, usually a retired sheriff's department
employee who helps the
school plan and maintain its security protocols but is not
armed.
A proposal to
arm some teachers and
school employees proved particularly contentious Tuesday as Florida representatives debated amendments to a
school safety bill.