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Federal School Safety Research Eliminated to Fund New School Security Measures
Funding for the new STOP School Violence Act, which funds school security and safety measures, will come at the expense of federal research about school safety.
And that is a major concern for education researchers, who say there is an urgent need for more data about how to keep schools safe.
As we reported last week, the new federal spending bill signed into law by President Donald Trump included the STOP School Violence Act, a safety bill pushed by families of Newtown, Conn., and Parkland, Fla., school shooting victims that provides funding for physical school security measures, school police, and ...
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