State Rep. Bronna Kahle voted in favor of a comprehensive plan to improve school safety in Michigan.
The plan would create a statewide school safety commission to review security procedures and suggest improvements. Grants would be provided to make security improvements, with priority placed on school buildings with the greatest need. Schools would designate a local liaison to work directly with the commission.
“This plan establishes a framework that could help make every school in Lenawee County and the entire state more secure,” said Kahle. “Keeping students and teachers safe at school is a must so they can focus on learning. This common-sense strategy is a step in the right direction.”
Other pieces of the House plan include:
- Requiring schools to submit incident reports to the statewide school safety commission. The reports would provide the commission with examples of how incidents and threats were handled to develop best practices for other Michigan schools to follow.
- Requiring new school construction or major renovation projects to include safety features such as reinforced entryways and remote door locks.
- Making the OK2SAY school safety program permanent by eliminating a sunset date. The program allows the confidential reporting of tips on potentially harmful or criminal activity directed at students, school employees or school buildings.
- Mandating consistent, standardized training related to school violence incidents as part of the requirements to be a licensed law enforcement officer in Michigan.
House Bills 5828-30 and 5850-52 advance to the Senate for further consideration.
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