Bill proposes charging parents if students make threats to Georgia schools - Gainesville Times

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Bill proposes charging parents if students make threats to Georgia schools

A school resource officer at West Hall High School takes a position at the front of the school moments before students leave for the day in 2018. - photo by Scott Rogers

08282018 SECURITY 4.jpg — A school resource officer at West Hall High School takes a position at the front of the school moments before students leave for the day in 2018. - photo by Scott Rogers

In sweeping school safety bills filed this week in the Georgia Legislature, Republican lawmakers are poised to make good on earlier promises to strengthen penalties for those who threaten schools.