Betsy DeVos to recommend states consider arming school personnel

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The Trump administration’s school safety commission will urge states and school districts to consider arming trained school faculty and staff and recommend rescinding Obama-era guidelines designed to protect minority students from being disproportionately disciplined in school.

The recommendations, part of a report released Tuesday, are the culmination of a monthslong effort from the Federal School Safety Commission launched after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

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