Following recent copy-cat threats at schools, Representative Matt Woods is pushing for a bill to increase penalties for making threats and allow for immediate suspension of charged students. Woods aims to create a safer learning environment for students.
Making Alabama schools safer is a priority for some state lawmakers as they get ready to start a new session next week.) - Making Alabama schools safer is a priority for some state lawmakers as they get ready to start a new session next week.
Representative Matt Woods says after the shooting in Georgia, he noticed a lot of “copy-cat” threats being made at local schools.If the bill is passed it will increase the penalty for those who make the threats and allow public schools to immediately suspend a student if charged. Woods says he wants to increase the consequences of these threats to hopefully reduce the number of threats made.
“I think our schools should be a place where students feel safe and focused on learning and not living in fear of bomb threats or school shootings,” Woods said. “My bill will strengthen the penalties for these threats.”“I wanted to bring this bill not on behalf of a party but on behalf of parents. I’m a parent of a daughter who is in public school currently, I just think it is the right thing to do no matter what party you represent.
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