CBS Evening News promoted the story which stated teachers were mandated to participate in 144 hours of training and interestingly Broward county schools made the plan optional!
Per FL watchdog 2 may, quote:
Classroom teachers were excluded from the guardian program as a concession to Senate Democrats and reticent Republicans during...
Many districts said they would adopt the program if local law enforcement agencies provided the training but, under SB 7026, it was optional for sheriffs to do so. Many didn’t, citing liability concerns.
The bill was vigorously opposed by teachers unions, school boards across the state, student groups and gun control activists during its stormy matriculation through committee hearings and its combined six hours of debate on the House floor. Unquote
Among bills cleared from the House’s docket and dispatched to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk Wednesday was the heavily contested plan to allow public school classroom teachers to serve as volunteer
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