Whitehouse ISD Board Approves Arming Teachers
Approved Whitehouse ISD staff will have to complete 80 hours of training and are required to pass physical and psychological exams.
Approved Whitehouse ISD staff will have to complete 80 hours of training and are required to pass physical and psychological exams.
A group of parents sued Madison Local Schools for its concealed weapons policy which only required 26 hours of training for armed teachers and staff.
Additionally, the coronavirus has prompted the shuttering of several large urban school districts.
The accidental shootings involved both law enforcement officers and armed teachers and the injured included officers, staff and students.
The state of Florida does not track how many of participants of its Guardian Program are teachers who have elected to carry a gun on campus.
The new research also indicated nearly half of students are opposed to allowing teachers and other school staff to carry guns on campus.
Governor Cuomo signed a bill that prevents school districts from arming teachers as a way to combat future mass shootings.
A public survey was sent out to the community of Campbell County to see where people stand on the issue of arming school teachers with firearms.
Gun control activists are concerned the wording of the bill indicates teachers in Pennsylvania schools are also allowed to carry firearms.
The Denver Post found that the Douglas County School District has 2,980 middle school and high school students per one SRO.
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