Brian Kemp signs school safety bill into law after lawmakers dropped controversial database

Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) signed a Georgia school safety bill that includes provisions aimed at better detecting and preventing threats from students, but it does not include a sweeping database of students’ behaviors.

The Georgia governor signed a slate of bills Monday, including House Bill 268, which will mandate schools have mobile panic alert systems, the quick movement of student records upon transferring schools, and school boards to offer an anonymous reporting program, among other changes to state law.