Northam said the bill would “not serve to make Virginia’s students and schools safer,” but it could have provided for a less expensive approach to bolstering security in elementary schools.
Following last February’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the General Assembly passed some of the security enhancing priority recommendations provided by Virginia’s first select committee commissioned in 155 years.
The legislation based on the 24 priority recommendations from the Select Committee on School Safety are set to be voted on this week in the Virginia House of Delegates
