The new measure, which goes into effect immediately, amends previously passed legislation meant to improve statewide school safety.
The legislation comes as a response to an incident involving a sheriff’s deputy tasing a special education student last year.
The legislation would involve appointing a chief school marshal and 16 regional marshals to provide security services across Ohio.
The updates to a 2019 school safety bill would also require officers to be at every school campus where there are one or more buildings rather than every school.
Here’s how school districts in Georgia’s largest metro area addressed school security with new mental health initiatives, more security staff and the latest technology.
Some lawmakers say they are not concerned with knowing how many educators are participating in the school guardian program, and just with the number of districts who have opted in.
Current and former students are calling for 24-hour security after a student was killed in a campus parking garage last month.
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Parents want more safety measures after a deadly double shooting at Florida Memorial University over the weekend.
A group sued a Jacksonville district for arming school safety assistants, but the district said it was just trying to meet standards set by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act.