Active shooter simulations would effectively be barred in Minnesota schools under a provision in a sweeping education bill moving through the state Legislature.
Instead, school districts would be required to provide students with at least one hour of violence prevention training per year and adopt a uniform standard for active shooter drills.
The distinction, Sen. Erin Maye Quade, DFL-Apple Valley, said during the education conference committee meeting Tuesday, is that simulations are “basically full-scale drills that can mimic what an active shooter situation can look like.”
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