Pennsylvania House OKs school safety hotline
A new statewide program would be set up to take anonymous reports of threats in Pennsylvania schools.
A new statewide program would be set up to take anonymous reports of threats in Pennsylvania schools.
A new statewide program would be set up to take anonymous reports of threats in Pennsylvania schools.
School safety legislation is advancing in Pennsylvania's Legislature to set up state-administered programs to distribute grants and take anonymous reports of dangerous activities or threats of violence in schools.
The House unanimously approved the bill Friday, and sent it to the Senate as part of an advancing budget package that's seeding the grant program with $60 million.
Lawmakers are exploring improvements to school safety spurred by February's Parkland, Florida school shooting that killed 17 people.
Under the bill, school districts could apply for a grant for a wide range of purposes, including safety and security assessments, security-related technology, training, counselors, police officers and anti-violence programs.
The anonymous reports program would be called "Safe 2 Say" and relay reports to police. It's modeled on one Colorado created after 1999's Columbine school shooting.