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Panel introduces bill to clarify school emergency plans and broaden background-check language
Summary
Representative Chris Mathias told the House Committee on Education that RS32018 reorganizes and clarifies school-safety code to require background checks, emergency plans and annual training, and would exempt some emergency-plan materials from routine public-record disclosures.
Representative Chris Mathias (D.-District 19) told the committee that RS32018 is a housekeeping measure intended to clarify existing school-safety code and make reporting and operations more actionable. "This doesn't do much that is new," Mathias said, adding the RS converts a single, "really sloppy paragraph" into three clearer subsections covering background checks, operation plans and annual training.
Key points Mathias described: - Subsection 1 clarifies that schools and districts must maintain a system of background checks for school…
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