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The group consisting of educators, legislators, mental health professions and law enforcement held their final meeting Thursday to offer recommendations for safety.
A task force convened by Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is seeking several legislative changes to improve school safety by addressing a shortage of safety officers and mental health professionals in schools.Many of the recommendations from the task force deal with the School Safety Program, a fund administered by the Arizona Department of Education that
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne laid out a plan to address difficulties in filling school resource officer positions.
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne laid out a plan to address difficulties in filling school resource officer positions.
Arizona has 138 vacant school resource positions, according to Tom Horne. A new program will fill those vacancies with off-duty police officers.