Virginia's Taylor cheers House passage of bill to end school violence

Scott Taylor co-sponsored the Students, Teachers and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018.
Scott Taylor co-sponsored the Students, Teachers and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018. | File photo

Rep. Scott Taylor (R-VA) praised the House for recently passing the Students, Teachers and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018 that he co-sponsored.

“I am glad the House acted quickly to pass this important legislation and begin the process of securing our schools,” Taylor said in a press release.

H.R. 4909, which was introduced by Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL) on Jan. 30, would reauthorize the Department of Justice's Secure Our Schools program.

School personnel, students and local law enforcement would be given the tools needed to proactively prevent campus shootings from occurring. States and local schools would be provided with $75 million each year to facilitate coordination between school and law enforcement officials, as well as develop and implement threat assessment teams, intervention methods, and an anonymous student reporting system.

“While we can never have complete security, the aftermath of the Parkland shooting has demonstrated systemic failures on multiple levels which must be corrected if we are to be in the best position to prevent this type of tragedy from occurring again,” Taylor said in the release. “Our children are the most valuable commodity we have and must be protected at all costs. Investing in our children’s futures means we must invest in their safety, and that starts with developing new methods of threat prevention and increasing coordination between local and federal law enforcement.”




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