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Committee approves amendments and sends anonymous threat-reporting, grant bill to Public Safety
Summary
The House Education Policy Committee adopted two amendments and re-referred House File 19-01 to the Public Safety, Finance and Policy Committee. The bill would fund anonymous threat-reporting systems for schools and require limited reporting of active‑shooter threats or incidents to the Fusion Center and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
The House Education Policy Committee on March 18 adopted two amendments and voted to re-refer House File 19-01, a bill to fund anonymous threat-reporting systems for schools and to require limited reporting of active-shooter threats or incidents, to the House Public Safety, Finance and Policy Committee.
"The focus of this bill is to keep our students and staff safe from violence and also to prevent suicide," Representative Mueller told the committee as she described the bill's components. She said Section 4 appropriates grant funding for schools to implement anonymous threat-reporting…
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