/tags/armed-guardian-program armed guardian program en-US WLRN Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:00:55 GMT /news/2021-02-18/appeals-court-rejects-challenge-to-armed-school-guardians-in-florida Three years after a mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School led lawmakers to pass a major school-safety bill, an appeals court Thursday rejected a challenge to allowing armed “guardians” on campuses. Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:00:55 GMT /news/2021-02-18/appeals-court-rejects-challenge-to-armed-school-guardians-in-florida Jim Saunders / News Service of Florida /news/2020-01-21/a-pair-of-proposed-bills-would-allow-broader-use-of-controversial-school-guardian-funding Two Democrats who are critical of Florida’s school guardian program have filed long-shot legislation seeking to redirect money earmarked for training and… Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:02:23 GMT /news/2020-01-21/a-pair-of-proposed-bills-would-allow-broader-use-of-controversial-school-guardian-funding News Service of Florida /news/2019-09-12/florida-senate-looks-to-revise-school-guardian-law-after-palm-beach-county-failures TALLAHASSEE --- Senate President Bill Galvano on Wednesday threw his support behind revising a state law that governs training for school guardians, after… Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:28:27 GMT /news/2019-09-12/florida-senate-looks-to-revise-school-guardian-law-after-palm-beach-county-failures News Service of Florida /2019-08-22/palm-beach-did-not-train-school-guardians-properly-gualtieri-says A private security company that was paid thousands of dollars to train school “guardians” in Palm Beach County signed off on armed school security that... Thu, 22 Aug 2019 11:30:06 GMT /2019-08-22/palm-beach-did-not-train-school-guardians-properly-gualtieri-says News Service of Florida /2019-05-31/school-guardian-program-grows An executive order signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in February helped increase the number of counties participating in a controversial “guardian” program... Fri, 31 May 2019 13:18:37 GMT /2019-05-31/school-guardian-program-grows News Service of Florida /2019-05-09/desantis-signs-bill-allowing-armed-teachers Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed legislation that expands the controversial school “guardian” program to allow armed classroom teachers. Thu, 09 May 2019 12:33:31 GMT /2019-05-09/desantis-signs-bill-allowing-armed-teachers Ana Ceballos – News Service of Florida /show/the-florida-roundup/2019-04-28/florida-moves-to-allow-schools-to-arm-teachers-a-number-of-districts-have-already-said-they-wont Florida lawmakers appear poised to pass legislation that would allow public and charter school teachers to be armed in classrooms across the state.Last… Sun, 28 Apr 2019 23:24:31 GMT /show/the-florida-roundup/2019-04-28/florida-moves-to-allow-schools-to-arm-teachers-a-number-of-districts-have-already-said-they-wont /news/2019-04-23/florida-senate-passes-controversial-bill-arming-teachers In search of a solution that will prevent another school massacre, a sharply divided Florida Senate on Tuesday passed a wide-ranging school safety bill… Tue, 23 Apr 2019 19:32:03 GMT /news/2019-04-23/florida-senate-passes-controversial-bill-arming-teachers News Service of Florida /2019-04-11/debate-over-guardian-program-gets-emotional-as-plan-to-arm-more-teachers-heads-to-senate-floor Florida lawmakers are responding to a report on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting in Parkland with a measure that addresses concerns raised in the... Fri, 12 Apr 2019 00:11:43 GMT /2019-04-11/debate-over-guardian-program-gets-emotional-as-plan-to-arm-more-teachers-heads-to-senate-floor Lynn Hatter /news/2019-03-21/expansion-of-guardian-program-to-arm-teachers-draws-heavy-debate-in-the-legislature More than a year after the Parkland high school shooting, emotions continue to run high at the Florida Capitol as lawmakers consider school-safety… Thu, 21 Mar 2019 18:01:35 GMT /news/2019-03-21/expansion-of-guardian-program-to-arm-teachers-draws-heavy-debate-in-the-legislature News Service of Florida