Greetings from Day 53 of the 60 - day legislative session in Tallahassee, where the gun access /
school safety bills in response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting were supposed to be heard, at the very least on the Senate floor, if not the House.
Members of Congress passed their own
school safety bill in March, though it only focuses on increasing security and safety training for students and school staff.
Flanked by family members of students who were killed during the Parkland mass shooting, Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a $ 400 million
school safety bill in response to the tragedy that killed 17 people at a high school.
Not exact matches
Powerful budget committees
in the State House and Senate signed off on a package of
bills on Tuesday that would raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 from 18, mandate a three - day waiting period for most gun purchases, and increase funding for
school safety measures and access to mental health care.
What measures would pass constitutional muster with the Second Amendment
in place, especially given that even the Republican - backed gun access /
school safety bill passed
in Tallahassee is now the subject of a lawsuit issued by the NRA?
Democrats tried and failed to pass amendments to the Florida Senate's
school safety bill, including a provision to allow teachers to carry guns
in schools if they receive training and are deputized by a sheriff's office.
The STOP
School Violence Act, a bill that doesn't address guns in any substantive way but provides an annual $ 50 million grant to schools for training programs and revamped reporting systems to bolster school safety, passed 407 - 10 Wedn
School Violence Act, a
bill that doesn't address guns
in any substantive way but provides an annual $ 50 million grant to
schools for training programs and revamped reporting systems to bolster
school safety, passed 407 - 10 Wedn
school safety, passed 407 - 10 Wednesday.
Assembly
Bill 97 of 25 July 2008 amends California's Health and
Safety Code to require all food facilities (restaurants)
in the state, with the exception of public
school cafeterias, to cease using artificial trans fats by January 2011.
The goal of the
bill is to help ensure the
safety of the food served to kids
in school meal programs.
The GOP conference
in the Senate has supported a variety of
bills for bolstering
school security and
safety, including money for resource officers.
«We're going over various
bills that are out there to try to provide
safety in the
schools.»
During a debate
in the New York State Senate on enhanced
school safety measures, Democrats asked the Republican majority to support a
bill to ban teachers from having guns
in schools.
«We have realized advances
in water
safety, including Senator O'Mara's lead testing
bill — for the first time requiring testing for all
schools.
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- The Democrat - controlled state Assembly on Tuesday passed legislation aimed at reducing gun violence
in the state, a day after Republicans who control New York's Senate approved
bills that focus on
school safety but don't address the gun control issue.
Mayor
Bill de Blasio, Police Commissioner James O'Neill and
School Chancellor Carmen Fariña hold a press conference on school safety at M.S. 88 in Brooklyn on Tuesday, August 1,
School Chancellor Carmen Fariña hold a press conference on
school safety at M.S. 88 in Brooklyn on Tuesday, August 1,
school safety at M.S. 88
in Brooklyn on Tuesday, August 1, 2017.
ALBANY — The Republican - led state Senate on Monday approved
bills intended to improve
school safety in the wake of the latest
school shooting massacre, but only after voting down a number of Democratic gun - control proposals and trading insults.
During a debate
in the New York state Senate on enhanced
school safety measures Monday, Democrats asked the Republican majority to support a
bill to ban teachers from having guns
in schools.
Asked about the state's response to the mass shooting at Broward County's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School, DeSantis said he would have approached a school - safety bill, which included new restrictions on gun sales, «differently because I think it scapegoated law - abiding citizens in terms of their Second Amendment rights.&
School, DeSantis said he would have approached a
school - safety bill, which included new restrictions on gun sales, «differently because I think it scapegoated law - abiding citizens in terms of their Second Amendment rights.&
school -
safety bill, which included new restrictions on gun sales, «differently because I think it scapegoated law - abiding citizens
in terms of their Second Amendment rights.»
«I'm proud to appoint five dedicated Floridians to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School Public
Safety Commission including fathers of two of the victims who were critical
in helping a
bill get passed quickly,» Scott stated
in a news release.
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.
In a statement Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Suffolk County) said GOP lawmakers were preparing a package of
bills to bolster
school safety but did not mention anything about new gun restrictions.
Gov. Rick Scott, who met with officials
in Miami - Dade County on Tuesday, said at a news conference that he hopes a gun and
school -
safety bill is passed before Florida's annual legislative session ends on March 9.
State lawmakers
in recent days have been pushing a variety of
bills meant to bolster — and fund —
school safety in New York
in the wake of a shooting at a Florida high
school this month that killed 17 people.
A second gun - related
bill has been postponed
in the Florida Senate
in the wake of last week's mass shooting at a Parkland high
school, as legislative leaders craft a multi-pronged response to the massacre and Gov. Rick Scott plans a series of workshops about
school safety and ways to keep guns away from people struggling with mental illnesses.
De Blasio called the
bill «fiscally responsible,» but State Senator José Peralta told Gay City that he and other elected officials
in Queens have been begging the administration for increased funding for crossing guards — something that would demonstrably aid the
safety of public and private
school students — only to be told that there is no money for it.
BY ANDY HUMM City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and her colleagues pushed through an «unprecedented»
bill December 7 to have city government pick up yet another function of private and religious
schools — security — allocating almost $ 20 million
in taxpayer funds outside the normal budget process for «
safety officers»
in any
school with more than 300 students that wants one.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and her colleagues pushed through an «unprecedented»
bill December 7 to have city government pick up yet another function of private and religious
schools — security — allocating almost $ 20 million
in taxpayer funds outside the normal budget process for «
safety officers»
in any
school with more than 300 students that wants one.
In Florida, after Parkland students rallied at the state Capitol, Republican Gov. Rick Scott signed a gun
bill called the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School Public
Safety Act.
«Furthermore,
in order to ensure the
safety of our children and who are
billed to resume
school on September 18, 2017, we hereby direct that the resumption be postponed till September 25, 2017 across the state.»
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
bill also invests more than $ 400 million
in school safety and mental health.
BeatBullying has long been campaigning for the introduction of a
Schools Safety Bill and a Cyber-Bullying Act, which would make it explicitly against the law to bully or harass a child, young person and adult
in and around
school or online.»
An Education Week analysis of more than 450
bills related to
school safety filed
in the days, weeks, and months after the deadliest K - 12
school shooting
in U.S. history found that legislators have proposed solutions that include arming teachers, adding guards or police officers, and shoring up the security of
school buildings.
Because some
bills dealt with multiple aspects of
school safety, they are classified
in multiple categories.
Republicans and Democrats alike are giving top
billing to class - size reduction and
school safety and making vouchers and tax credits for private education defining issues
in this year's crowded state election season.
In March, Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed into law the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School Public
Safety Act, a gun - control
bill that would have never seen the light of day before the Parkland shooting.
In the wake of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals» recent decision to uphold most of the state's immigration enforcement legislation, Senate
Bill 4, we renew our call for the San Antonio Independent
School District to provide meaningful protections for our undocumented students and their families, and ask that our district make ensuring the
safety of our most vulnerable community members its top priority.
Senate
Bill 7026 represents a comprehensive approach to addressing the issues presented by the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School in Parkland, Florida, including firearm and school safety, and community mental health reso
School in Parkland, Florida, including firearm and
school safety, and community mental health reso
school safety, and community mental health resources.
As legislators are reviewing and considering House
Bills to pass for improving the quality of education
in our country, are gun and
school safety laws on the table?
Florida senators narrowly gave their approval Monday to a sweeping
school safety bill that would pour millions of dollars into hardening
schools and increasing mental health services but would exclude most teachers from participating
in a controversial «
school marshal program» meant to allow
school employees to carry concealed weapons on campus.
Dubbed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School Public Safety Act, the bill (SB 7026) doles out more than $ 400 million in funding for various initiatives, including more than $ 97 million for safe schools programming, more than $ 98 million hardening the physical security of school buildings, and $ 69 million to fund a mental health assistance progra
School Public
Safety Act, the
bill (SB 7026) doles out more than $ 400 million
in funding for various initiatives, including more than $ 97 million for safe
schools programming, more than $ 98 million hardening the physical security of
school buildings, and $ 69 million to fund a mental health assistance progra
school buildings, and $ 69 million to fund a mental health assistance programming.
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.
KAUKAUNA - A $ 100 million plan to improve
school safety in Wisconsin is «critically important for students,» Gov. Scott Walker said Monday after he signed the bill into law in front of fourth - graders at Victor Haen Elementary S
school safety in Wisconsin is «critically important for students,» Gov. Scott Walker said Monday after he signed the
bill into law
in front of fourth - graders at Victor Haen Elementary
SchoolSchool.
Asked about the state's response to the mass shooting at Broward County's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School, DeSantis said he would have approached a school - safety bill, which included new restrictions on gun sales, «differently because I think it scapegoated law - abiding citizens in terms of their Second Amendment rights.&
School, DeSantis said he would have approached a
school - safety bill, which included new restrictions on gun sales, «differently because I think it scapegoated law - abiding citizens in terms of their Second Amendment rights.&
school -
safety bill, which included new restrictions on gun sales, «differently because I think it scapegoated law - abiding citizens
in terms of their Second Amendment rights.»
A bipartisan group of lawmakers
in the state House is behind a
school safety bill that would add more law enforcement officers and social workers to
schools.
Still concerned about the 9,959
schools built before 1978,
in 1999 Assembly
Bill 300 required the Division of the State Architects to conduct a Seismic
Safety Inventory of public
schools.
While nobody
in Alabama is challenging the legality of the spending — the
bill allowed for up to 18 percent of funds to be earmarked for other purposes, such as public
safety — some educators bristle at the fact that four times as much education money is being spent per inmate as per public
school student.
The
Bill proposes to give the Minister of Education the power to investigate threats to the physical or emotional
safety of students
in preschool, primary education, high
school and college.
«This
bill is not perfect, and sadly it will not bring back the 17 lives lost
in the horrific
school shooting, but the
safety of our children is not a political issue, it's simply the right thing to do,» she said.
Senate
Bill 7026, dubbed the «Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School Public
Safety Act,» would toughen gun control
in several ways — but also includes a controversial provision that would allow some teachers to be armed.