South Florida lawmaker refiles bill to require teacher training to protect against school shootings
Coral Springs Rep. Dan Daley is again trying to update Florida’s teacher standards to require that educators receive basic, uniform training on how to prevent and respond to school shootings.
Daley filed a bill (HB 37) to mandate that “strategies and practices on identifying, preventing, preparing, addressing and responding to mass casualty incidents” is included in all teacher and education preparation, certification and training programs.
It’s identical to legislation he and Miami Gardens Sen. Shevrin Jones, a fellow Democrat, carried during the 2024 Legislative Session. Daley’s version of the bill died at its last committee stop. Jones’ version never got a hearing.
An effort to get the bi...
