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Senate committee advances school-safety package after years of recommendations and statewide assessment
Summary
The Senate Education Committee advanced SB 394, which builds on the Arkansas School Safety Commission's recommendations to require three-year safety audits, share floor plans with first responders, expand youth mental health training and recognize the Arkansas Center for School Safety as a state clearinghouse.
Senator Missy Ervin, sponsor of Senate Bill 394, told the Education Committee the bill implements recommendations from the Arkansas School Safety Commission and an extensive state assessment that followed mass shootings such as Sandy Hook and Parkland. "These discussions resulted in this legislation," Ervin said, describing an 18-member commission's work and the commission's 30 recommendations.
SB 394 requires comprehensive school-safety audits at least every three years using best practices, directs schools to…
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