What to Know
- Board officials are discussing Tuesday whether to allow Superintendent Robert Runcie to speak with state officials.
- Arming teachers and staff has been a hot button issue in the months since the Parkland shooting.
- The Florida Legislature passed several gun law reforms in the wake of the Parkland shooting.
The Broward County School Board is concerning a plan to ask the state to redirect state money earmarked to allow certain staff in schools to be armed in the wake of the Parkland school tragedy.
Board officials are discussing Tuesday whether to allow Superintendent Robert Runcie to speak with state officials, including Gov. Rick Scott, regarding their intent to have that money from the Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program go toward allocation funding for more resource officers.
The program was named after the long time Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School football coach, who heroically sacrificed his life to save those of students and teachers at the school during the February 14th shooting. Feis was one of 17 people killed in the shooting with more than a dozen others injured.
Arming teachers and staff has been a hot button issue in the months since the Parkland shooting, with officials in Broward and Miami-Dade openly opposing any plan to allow staff to carry weapons on campus.
The Florida Legislature passed several gun law reforms in the wake of the Parkland shooting, including funding for training and arming staff as well as raising the age for purchasing a gun – a measure that is being challenged in court by the National Rifle Association.
