North Carolina lawmakers are once again pushing to arm teachers with guns, and they're trying to make it worth teachers' while.
Filed on Wednesday, the School Security Act of 2019 would give a 5% salary boost to teachers who undergo basic police training. These"teacher resource officers" could carry guns in an open or concealed manner, and they would have the same arrest powers as police officers, the bill says.Most public schools in North Carolina already have a certified police officer, known as a school resource officer, a spokesman for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction said.
"Daniel and two other Republican lawmakers introduced the same bill last session, but it died in committee.A similar bill to arm teachers has been proposed in the state House this year, but it does not include a pay raise. Most teachers are against the ideaThe National Education Association found in a 2018 poll that an overwhelming majority of teachers would not want to carry a gun in school.
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