Federal Commission on School Safety Report Released

The Federal Commission on School Safety issues its final report today.

The commission held meetings across the country and heard the need for more mental health resources for students. The report by the Federal Commission on School Safety, which was created in response to the February mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, is set to focus primarily on addressing school discipline guidelines and other issues like mental health and school security, while making no recommendations regarding gun control legislation, The Washington Post reported.

>> Read the report here

Broward Judge: Lawsuit Against Deputy Peterson Moves Forward

Deputy Scot Peterson was working as a school resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland when 17 people were murdered. He had claimed he had no duty to confront Nikolas Cruz. A judge disagreed.

By Joel Malkin

The commission chose to focus on the Obama guidelines in part because Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz, a former MSD student, was a participant in Broward County's Promise program which provides alternatives forms of discipline to arrest for some students.

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