FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — New measures to increase students’ safety are advancing in Florida, coming at a time of heightened public outcry in response to recent school tragedies.
School safety is a sensitive topic in the Sunshine State. When a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, resulted in 19 children's deaths and made national news headlines on May 24, conversations across the country shifted to solutions. But the search for stronger emergency preparedness and disaster prevention on school grounds is not novel in Florida.
Four years ago, the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland became the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history. It prompted a Republican-led state Legislature to mandate gun regulations, tighten school security and implement more active shooter drills.
