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Michigan House lawmakers want schools to have health centers, lockdown kits, updated active-shooter drills, and more.

The bipartisan House School Safety Task Force created after the fatal Oxford rampage recently issued its initial recommendations, and more are expected in the coming weeks.

OK2SAY tips drop significantly amid COVID-19 LANSING — The number of tips sent into the OK2SAY hotline, a state-run student safety program, in 2020 was the lowest since 2016, according to a recently released annual report. The program, which is available to Michigan students year-round, is a prevention-based reporting tool students can use to report tips of potential suicides, bullying, violence, drug abuse and more.  Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, OK2SAY received 3,743 total tips, down...

OK2SAY annual report highlights 3.7k tips received in 2020 Thibault Camus/AP A patient walks on a corridor at the emergency ward of the Rouvray psychiatric hospital, in Rouen, western France, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. Lockdowns that France has used to fight the coronavirus have come at considerable cost to mental health. Surveying points to a surge of depression most acute among people without work, in financial hardship and young adults. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) and last updated 2021-05-14 09...

SOM OK2SAY Continues to Contribute to Safer Environments for Students; Annual Report Highlights Outcomes OK2SAY Continues to Contribute to Safer Environments for Students; Annual Report Highlights Outcomes Contact: Ms. Mary Gager Drew, Program Administrator, MSP Grants and Community Services Division, 517-388-6149 Nearly all school and law enforcement personnel using the confidential reporting system OK2SAY indicate it is useful and helpful in stopping harm before it occurs. Seventy-three per...