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Bill Requiring Armed Officers at Schools Advances

Bill Requiring Armed Officers at Schools Advances
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By The Associated Press
Jan. 23, 2020 | FRANKFORT
By The Associated Press Jan. 23, 2020 | 09:10 PM | FRANKFORT
The Senate Education Committee has approved a bill to require police officers assigned to Kentucky schools to be armed.

The committee on Thursday advanced the measure to the full Senate.

The action came on the second anniversary of the shooting at Marshall County High School.

Two 15-year-old students were killed and more than a dozen others were injured.

The bill is a follow-up to last year's school safety law, which did not specify whether school police officers needed to carry a weapon.

The new bill would add the requirement that all school-based officers be armed.
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