.RepMikeGarcia's Safe Schools Act and Strengthening School Security for Students Act effectively direct government funding toward improving school safety.
Rep. Mike Garcia reintroduced a pair of bills Thursday designed to prevent violence, including shootings, in schools in the wake of the Covenant School tragedy in Nashville that left six people dead, including three children.the Safe Schools Act and the Strengthening School Security for Students Act, effectively direct government funding toward improving school safety.
The second bill would allot funding for state educational agencies to hire and train two school resource officers for every 500 students at an elementary or secondary school. This year’s school safety proposals from Garcia come after police said that the Nashville shooter targeted at least one other location but hadthat unlike the Covenant School, the location had “too much security,” which deterred the shooter, Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said, according to NBC 4.
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