I’ve mentioned this a couple of other threads but thought it deserved it’s own thread…
Congress passed the Student Support and Academic Enrichment in 2016 as part of Every Student Succeeds act in 2016. This replaced No Child Left Behind and provided more flexibility for school systems to receive block grants.
Trump’s secretary of education is going to allow school systems to use these funds for buying firearms and firearms training for school districts.
Frank Brogan, a “top deputy” under DeVos says schools have always had the flexibility to purchase firearms and training. But…they very fact that he is a top deputy under DeVos, the most incompetent person to ever hold the position, undercuts his credibility. Why then for example has Texas been asking for “clarification” on whether or not they could do so? Even the state of Texas doesn’t believe him.
Come on, don’t obfuscate… Give us ONE school district as an example… Your lists are about overall test scores… How does that relate to the need for armed teachers?
Because the need and the intent have changed. This administration wants to make it easier for schools to provide an active armed response to school shootings and that requires time, training, equipment, and money.
We don’t need to militarize school policing placing cops in swat gear on every floor nor can we afford to do so.
These programs provide exactly what is needed exactly where it is needed and when needed.
How is that even a relevant question? Even if they are falling we still need a better and faster armed response to those that happen.
95% of the casualties occur within 3 minutes of the first shot, average response time just to get officers to the campus is 4.5 minutes and closer to 6 for them to first engage the shooters.
A higher level of awareness among the public and school boards, staff, and faculty that in order to stop a shooting in progress with minimal casualties an immediate armed response is required.
I don’t particularly care what you think of the problem or the solution. What I am is adamant that we give people the best chance of surviving a school shooting once the next one begins.
Feel free to go rant and rave at your local school board’s next meeting if you are offended by the idea that they might allow faculty and staff get the training and equipment necessary to best preserve and protect their own lives and the lives of the kids in their care.
