Rep. Graves supports School Safety Bill
Rep. Tom Graves today voted for and the House passed the STOP School Violence Act , bipartisan legislation to provide safety grants to schools.
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Students around US stage huge walkout against gun violence
Classrooms across America were left almost barren as tens of thousands of students walked out of their classrooms Wednesday to demand action on gun violence and school safety. It was one of the biggest student protests since the Vietnam era.
Send in the segs
The state Board of Education last week rejected requests from Camden Fairview, Hope, Lafayette County and Junction City to be exempt from the state law requiring students to be able to freely transfer between school districts. districts said they were controlled by past federal desegregation lawsuits.
‘Enough is enough’: US students walk out over gun violence
Drury High School students stand in front of the school in North Adams, Mass., each of them holding signs representing each of the people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School one month ago, during a walkout on Wednesday morning, March 14, 2018.
Students to walk out nationwide protesting gun violence
A handful of people gathered on the Statehouse lawn in Montpelier, Vt., to protest gun violence as a crowd of sportsmen and gun-rights supporters held an event inside on Tuesday, March 13, 2018.
Pullman Public Schools scraps 10-year-old’s walkout plan
One Pullman 10-year-old is trying to make a difference at his elementary school after the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida killed 17 kids and adults. Alden Duff is a fourth grader at Jefferson Elementary School and he says he wants to promote safety and talk about gun reform in a school walkout he organized, but he says the district isn't allowing him to do it.
Herea s what kind of weapons Marco Rubio thinks should be OK for 18-year-olds to buy
Three and a half weeks ago, Marco Rubio walked into an arena of 7,000 grieving Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students, parents, teachers and alumni with a message: Young adults should not be able to buy rifles. "I absolutely believe that in this country if you are 18 years of age, you should not be able to buy a rifle and I will support a law that takes that right away," the Florida Republican said at the town hall event in response to a question from Fred Guttenberg, a Parkland father whose 14-year-old daughter, Jaime, was killed in the shooting.
The Problem With Privatizing Public Education for Military Students
On March 7, Rep. Jim Banks introduced the Military Education Savings Act of 2018 to divert funding from a long-standing federal program, Impact Aid, into a voucher-like program to pay for private school tuition, tutoring, or homeschooling materials for military families. The bill is modeled off a Heritage Foundation proposal, which is supported by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, to create education savings accounts for certain military-connected students-or students who have a parent on active duty.
Gun legislation passes Florida House, goes to governor
By CURT ANDERSON, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and JOSH REPLOGLE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
News 11 Mins Ago Florida Legislature debates school safety, gun measures
The Florida Senate has agreed to advance a bill that would increase school safety and restrict gun purchases following a rare weekend session in the wake of last month's shooting at a high school that killed 17 people. The Republican-controlled Senate rejected Democratic proposals to ban assault rifles and large-capacity magazines.
Vote on tougher gun laws, plan to arm Florida teachers expected Monday
State lawmakers could vote as soon as Monday on something not seen in decades in Florida: new limits on guns. The Florida Senate on Saturday agreed to advance a bill that would increase school safety and restrict gun purchases during a rare weekend session that often turned into a debate on gun control and arming teachers in the aftermath of last month's Parkland school shootings.
Meet The School Official Who Loves Louis Farrakhan And The Nation Of Islam
An Illinois school official sparked outrage online in February over his unapologetic endorsement of Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. The Waukegan Public School District appointed Chris Blanks to a seat on the district's discipline committee and allows him to take students on field trips, according to Waukegan Teachers and Parents United , a district advocacy group that contacted The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Florida shooting survivor David Hogg says he hung up on the White…
Florida shooting survivor David Hogg says he hung up on the White House during a call inviting him to Trump's listening session Two survivors of the Florida shooting, high school students David Hogg and Cameron Kasky, told TV host Bill Maher that they "don't respect" politicians simply because of who they are, and demanded action from politicians like Sen. Marco Rubio. Hogg bragged that he hung up on the White House during a call about the listening session on gun control and school safety that President Donald Trump hosted last week.
Florida lawmakers debate school-safety bill in rare session
The Florida Senate agreed to advance a bill that would increase school safety and restrict gun purchases during a rare Saturday session that often turned into a debate on gun control and arming teachers in the aftermath of last month's Parkland school shootings. The Senate spent nearly eight hours debating dozens of amendments to the 100-page bill before finally approving the legislation for a final vote on Monday.
Ohio schools challenged with gun safety concerns
Licking Valley Schools Superintendent David Hile shuddered when he saw the Facebook image of the boy with a menacing stare and a gleaming assault rifle. It was the same boy who, after threatening students, had been expelled from school for 80 days, the maximum time allowed under state law.
Bill restricting gun purchases goes to Florida Senate
The Florida Senate agreed to advance a bill that would increase school safety and restrict gun purchases during a rare weekend session that often turned into a debate on gun control and arming teachers in the aftermath of last month's Parkland school shootings. The Senate spent nearly eight hours on Saturday debating dozens of amendments to the 100-page bill before finally approving the legislation for a final vote on Monday.
Delta hit with a sea of angry customers after it bans NRA discounts
First, I wanted to write you to say thank you most sincerely for your support and prayers for my campaign for the U. S. Senate. Your financial contributions helped me fight over $50 million dollars from Washington insiders who did not want me to bring the truth about God and our Constitution to Washington D. C. Soaring healthcare costs drove West Virginia teachers to go on their statewide strike - The Wetzel County public school district in West Virginia has given some pretty strange explanations for why every school in the state has been closed for more than a week.
State mulls more armed school teachers, off-duty officers
Republican lawmakers have advanced a proposal to expand the number of Tennessee teachers who can carry guns in schools, drawing a divide with Democrats just hours after lawmakers found bipartisan common ground on possibly using off-duty officers to fill school security gaps. The legislation, which passed a House subcommittee Wednesday, would let all school districts decide whether to allow teachers to undergo training by certified private instructors to carry guns in schools, with one armed teacher allowed per 75 students.
Giffords focuses on high-profile Republicans in midterms
Gabby Giffords' political organization is focusing on six high-profile members of Congress this fall - House Speaker Paul Ryan, among them - in a 2018 midterm strategy that will use high school students to challenge Republican lawmakers it blames for blocking efforts to curb gun violence. The group known as Giffords, named for the former Democratic congresswoman from Arizona who survived a shooting in 2011, says it plans to spend at least $10 million to influence the November elections.
Giffords targets high-profile Republicans in 2018 strategy
Gabby Giffords' political organization is targeting six high-profile members of Congress this fall - House Speaker Paul Ryan, among them - in a 2018 midterm strategy that will use high school students to challenge Republican lawmakers it blames for blocking efforts to curb gun violence. The group known as Giffords, named for the former Democratic congresswoman from Arizona who survived a shooting in 2011, says it plans to spend at least $10 million to influence the November elections.