HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state senators mulling what the state can do about school safety in the wake of the Connecticut elementary school shootings will have a complicated task on their hands.
Senators on the education and emergency-preparedness committees were told Wednesday that there's no one-size-fits-all solution for Pennsylvania's 500 dramatically different school districts.
Joseph DeLucca of the Luzerne Intermediate Unit urged senators to require schools to have more intensive safety audits and uniform crisis plans. Asked about enforcing such uniformity, state Education Secretary Ron Tomalis told senators any such requirement would have to strike a balance.
Districts disagree about whether it's wise to put armed guards inschools. Training school personnel to deal with armed intruders will be expensive and time consuming, and it'll be low on some districts' list of day-to-day priorities.
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