Apparently the Secretary of Education, Ms. DeVos, is considering using funds from the $1 billion Student Support and Academic Enrichment grant to arm teachers with guns in the nation's classrooms. Now this should come as a major shock for any number of reasons not the least of which is this...most children would be all the more upset and fearful.
There is another reason why DeVos' consideration of putting guns in the classroom is wrong. Just this past March the U. S. Congress passed the School Safety Bill which expressly prohibits the use of the money to put firearms in schools. It seems clear that our House and Senate don't want monies used for the purpose of arming school personnel.
One can only hope that Ms. DeVos will take a much more serious look at the many ways of improving school safety absent putting more firearms in our schools.
Dick
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