San Diego Assemblymember Chris Ward argues that some districts have gone too far in their efforts to prepare students for possible tragedy. California has…
San Diego Assemblymember Chris Ward argues that some districts have gone too far in their efforts to prepare students for possible tragedy, such as by too realistically re-creating shooting scenesFake gunfire would be banned from active-shooter drills in California's public schools under legislation proposed Tuesday that would also require schools to notify students, teachers and parents ahead of time whenever a drill was planned.
Schools across the state have ramped up active-shooter drills in recent years in response to the rise of mass shootings, but there has been little guidance about how the drills should be run. With school security ballooning into a multibillion-dollar industry in recent years, some groups are pushing lawmakers to do away with shooter drills. A 2021 study by Everytown for Gun Safety and the Georgia Institute of Technology associated active-shooter drills with an increase in depression, stress and other mental health issues among students.
Schools would also have to design age-appropriate drills and make mental health resources available afterward.
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