Greetings,
Happy Easter
First, Happy Easter to you and your family! I’m especially excited this year because my son Jackson is old enough to take part in his first Easter egg hunt. I hope you have a great Easter weekend with family and friends.
School Safety
Earlier today, House Republicans unveiled common sense proposals to increase school safety. Our plan is to allocate $50 million for mental health and school safety, including proposals regarding:
- School resource officers, student support personnel, and other school security programs funded through increased Safe Schools revenue, including a floor level of funding for small schools.
- School building security upgrades, and expanded use of Long-Term Facility Maintenance revenue for security projects, including emergency communications systems.
- School-linked mental health programming to ensure better outcomes for all kids.
- Physical security audit grants to provide state assistance to review facility security and crisis management policies.
- Suicide prevention training for teachers to help educators learn how to engage and assist students experiencing mental distress.
- School-based threat assessment teams established to assess, intervene, and report threats facing students, teachers, and staff.
This isn’t a partisan issue, and I think our proposals are something both parties can support. These are steps we can take now to help make our classrooms safer throughout the state.
Please Contact Me
The legislature is on a short break next week for Easter and Passover so I’ll be in our area and would love to meet. If you’re interested in setting something up, feel free to call or email my office.
Have a good weekend and a Happy Easter,
