Healthy Learning Academy spent nearly $22,000 hiring their school’s guardian to comply with an update to Florida law. This, coupled with spending on other safety precautions such as industrial metal doors, a fence and gate, resulted in spending over half of their general fund balance in one year.
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The NRA this week filed a proposed friend-of-the-court brief urging the 1st District Court of Appeal to uphold the 2011 law, which has threatened tough penalties if city and county officials approve gun regulations.
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The proposal is an initial step as lawmakers prepare to negotiate a 2020-2021 budget during the legislative session that starts Jan. 14.
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"The Blameless" follows a family as they have a shooter’s father over for dinner.
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The ruling by a panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal came in a case in which the Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office believed that one of its deputies, Jefferson Eugene Davis, posed a threat after he suspected infidelity by his longtime girlfriend.
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The Gainesville City Commission voted on Thursday to approve an agreement between the School Board of Alachua County and the Gainesville Police Department.
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Scot Peterson was on duty as the resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on the day of the February 2018 shooting but never entered the building while bullets were flying.
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Clay County schools will have its own police department starting in October 2019.
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Florida lawmakers postponed legislation that would allow teachers to train to carry concealed guns while at work.
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Emotions flared at the Florida Capitol as the House Education Committee approved its version of a bill to expand the controversial program that designates teachers as 'guardians' in the event of a school shooting.
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