Sentences with phrase «first school safety bill»

Congress is expected to vote next week on the first school safety bill since the Parkland shooting, allocating $ 50 million a year for teacher training and reinforced classroom doors, among other things.

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«We have realized advances in water safety, including Senator O'Mara's lead testing bill — for the first time requiring testing for all schools.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton preached school safety to Brooklyn students on Tuesday with the help of a Cookie Monster hand puppet and later told reporters that a pat - down from parents is the first line of defense.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton preached school safety to Brooklyn students with the help of a Cookie Monster hand puppet and later told reporters that a pat - down from parents is the first line of defense.

With little new education policy expected in the remainder of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's first term — and a quiet session on education concluding in Albany — the debate over traditional public schools versus charter schools has shifted to a new battleground: school safety.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, First Lady Chirlane McCray, convened a town hall on Thursday afternoon that attracted roughly 100 high school students to discuss steps the city can take to ensure safety in schools amid a national debate about gun control.

The Utah Senate gave its first vote of approval on Tuesday to a bill to create gun safety training for middle school students.

With little new education policy expected in the remainder of Mayor Bill de Blasio's first term — and a quiet session on education concluding in Albany — the debate over traditional public schools versus charter schools has shifted to a new battleground: school safety.

Another interesting first under the draft bill involves school safety — those states that receive funding under Title IV grants for safe and healthy students would have to establish or improve systems for background checks on all school employees.

In TV interviews, Andrew Pollack has stressed the recent law enacted by Gov. Rick Scott — which included the first major gun restrictions for Florida in more than a decade — was a school safety bill, not a gun control bill.