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Sarasota schools outline operations changes and tech investments to meet HB 1473
Summary
District safety officials described operational impacts of Florida House Bill 1473 — increased inspections, locked/manned doors while students are on campus, and new investments including AI intercoms, OmniAlert camera analytics and Open Gate weapons‑screening pilots.
Sarasota County Schools’ safety leaders told the convocation that Florida’s recent changes to school‑safety law have altered how campuses operate and required rapid operational and technology investments.
Mister Gomes, the district safety presenter, described House Bill 1473 as raising statewide inspection and reporting requirements and said the district had to make rapid adjustments last summer. "1473 changed the way school districts had to view safety and security," he said, summarizing several operational effects: unannounced state inspections (every three…
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