Items Tagged with 'arming teachers'

NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation prohibiting state teachers from carrying guns in schools, and a second that streamlines the state’s gun buyback program.

An advisory panel is recommending that the Little Rock, Ark. School District not arm its security officers.

The Texas Senate moved to abolish the cap on how many trained school teachers and school marshals can carry guns on public school campuses.

The Florida Senate approved a school safety bill that would allow teachers to voluntarily carry guns on campus.

North Carolina teachers who undergo specialized police training to carry firearms on campus would get a salary boost.

A survey of educators from across the U.S. by CSUN social work professor Lauren Willner found that teachers overwhelmingly object to arming teachers a way to deter school shootings.

The Michigan Education Association (MEA) released results from a new statewide survey of its members that found an overwhelming majority oppose arming educators.

A school district in suburban Erie, Pennsylvania will arm its 500 teachers with miniature wooden baseball bats.

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that says that teachers cannot shoot back if they come under attack at school.