• The Mississippi legislature is considering Senate Bill 2659 which would provide funding for School Resource Officers. The House inserted language into the bill to allow local school boards to develop safety policies to arm teachers and other school employees.
• North Carolina lawmakers have unveiled bipartisan school safety legislation designed to add more law enforcement officers in elementary and middle schools, more school psychologists and social workers, and install panic alarms in every classroom.
• The Des Moines, Iowa newspaper publishes, then deletes a map of guarded and unguarded schools.
• The Missouri House of Representatives has two competing school safety proposals. House Bill 70 would allow any teacher or school administrator to possess firearms on school grounds. House Bill 276, would create a volunteer “school protection officer” program.