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Guns-in-schools bills wonât move this legislative session
Kevin Richert, IdahoEdNews.org
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During a March 2020 hearing, Senate State Affairs Committee chairwoman Patti Anne Lodge eyes a line of activists against gun violence ready to testify against a guns-in-schools bill. | Sami Edge, Idaho EdNews
BOISE Two competing guns-in-schools bills will not get a hearing in the waning days of the 2021 legislative session.
âThis sessionâs over,â Senate State Affairs Committee Chair Patti Anne Lodge, R-Caldwell, told Idaho Education News. âI am not having another committee hearing.â
In an interview Friday â one day after a shooting at Rigby Middle School, which left two students and a school custodian injured â Lodge emphasized the need to train teachers and school staff so they know how to respond to a crisis. And on Thursday, Rigbyâs training worked, Lodge said; a teacher was able to disarm and detain the suspect, fem