Safety Law News for 3/11/14

  • The Colorado House Judiciary Committee defeated HB 14-1157 on a 7 – 4 party line vote.  The legislation would authorize school boards to develop policies that would allow employees to carry a concealed weapons on school grounds, if they hold a valid permit.
  •  The Florida legislature has introduced House Bill 753 that will require that school boards have policies to deal with shooters and hostage situations on campus.  The proposal also authorizes local educators to appoint “school safety officers” with military or law enforcement training to carry guns on campus.
  •  Brocton, New York Superintendent John Hertlein said in his 43 years in education the single most important thing was having a resource officer on hand.
  •  School resource officers could start carrying stun guns at schools in Glynn County, Georgia as soon as this fall.