Sentences with phrase «school safety improvements»

Florida governor Rick Scott sent a statement, saying that he «will be organizing meetings with state and local leaders in Tallahassee next week to discuss ways to keep Florida students safe, including school safety improvements and keeping guns away from individuals struggling with mental illness.»

But nearly their entire to - do list remains unfinished, from a so - called tax conformity bill to Dayton's request for $ 138 million to help schools in a budget crunch and additional money for school safety improvements.

«With only two weeks left of our annual legislative session, Governor Rick Scott will be in Tallahassee meeting with state leaders to work on ways to keep Florida students safe, including school safety improvements and keeping guns away from individuals struggling with mental illness,» a spokesperson for the governor previously told CNN.

Having cake and eating it too: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has joined with fellow Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, and Stoneman Douglas student and pro-Second Amendment antihero Kyle Kashuv, among others, in calling for passage of the STOP School Violence Act, which would appropriate money for school safety improvements and training of school employees to recognize the warning signs of troubled students, the Tampa Bay Times» Alex Leary reports.

School safety improvements and tougher gun control measures were in discussion: Assembly Democrats want to make it harder for domestic abusers to buy guns while Senate Republicans have pushed for more police and mental health services in the schools.

In testimony submitted Tuesday to the Assembly Education Committee, WEAC President Ron Martin said the solution to school violence is not more guns but proper resources to address issues that include student mental health, school safety improvements, staff training and common sense gun laws.

«With only two weeks left of our annual legislative session, Governor Rick Scott will be in Tallahassee meeting with state leaders to work on ways to keep Florida students safe, including school safety improvements and keeping guns away from individuals struggling with mental illness,» a spokesperson for the governor said.

The proposed law in Florida — a response to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — is part of a wide - ranging Senate bill that would allow some school employees to carry guns, increase the age to buy firearms and provide millions of dollars for school safety improvements and mental health programs.