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Gun control is a non-starter, but lawmakers have yet to approve even measures with wide support, such as more money for mental health help and school police officers. Leaders acknowledge they need to move with more urgency.
On Thursday, two days after a gunman allegedly killed 21 people at an elementary school in Texas, Chairwoman Lynne Walz of Nebraska's Education Committee called for the official creation of a new School Safety Task Force.
Fox Lake was recently awarded the Safe Routes to Schools grant aimed at improving the safety of pedestrian walkways near Fox Lake schools.
Michigan House lawmakers want schools to have health centers, lockdown kits, updated active-shooter drills, and more.
Funding school safety coordinator positions, standardizing active shooter drills, and updating building codes to account for school threats are all topics of bills the Michigan House of Representatives has in the works. Colin Jackson has more.