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BY: JORDAN BOYD | MARCH 30, 2023 Read more at https://thefederalist.com/2023/03/30/sen-marsha-blackburn-introduces-bill-to-harden-private-schools-like-covenant-with-enhanced-security-armed-officers/ Mere days after a shooter killed three 9-year-old students and three staff members at a private Christian school in Nashville, Republican Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee introduced a new bill that would funnel $900 million worth of taxpayer dollars to both pu...

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Whats wrong with funding school security?

Dozens of protesters on Thursday stormed the Tennessee State Capitol, where they appeared to mourn the loss of the transgender former student who shot and killed six people at a Nashville school.

Schools like Covenant, which did not have an armed security guard at the time of the tragedy, are the soft targets murderous shooters seek.

Three Tennessee state lawmakers brought the lower chamber to a halt by joining pro-gun control protesters who invaded the state capitol following Monday's tragic shooting in Nashville.

Congress should (1) reform Title I of No Child Left Behind to return to the original student-centered goal of compensatory education; (2) streamline the funding formula to use a simpleper-pupil allocation to improve transparency; and (3) allow statesto implement simplified student-centered funding that provides aidmore directly to students, thereby allowing greater portability andschool choice.

A CALL has been made by a Basingstoke councillor, asking the government to reconsider who is eligible for a free school meal.

The Delta School District is launching a Seamless Kindergarten pilot program, funded by the province, at Sunshine Hills Elementary.