One month into the Georgia 2025 legislative session, school safety tops the list of educational priorities for state lawmakers.
On Sept. 4, 2024, a 14-year-old student at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, allegedly shot and killed two fellow students and two teachers and injured others.
Almost immediately, the shooting relaunched policy debates around gun legislation and school safety measures among parents, students, lawmakers and advocates across the state.
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