Fake gunfire would be banned from active-shooter drills in California's public schools under legislation proposed Tuesday that would also require schools to notify students, teachers and parents ahead of time whenever a drill was planned. The measure was introduced by Democratic Assemblymember Chris Ward, who argues that some districts have gone too far in their efforts to prepare students for possible tragedy, such as by too realistically re-creating shooting scenes.
Without formal guidelines, some drills have been conducted with trainers acting as school shooters, students playing dead and fake weapons being used to shoot blanks, Ward said when introducing the bill. Last month, a principal at an elementary school outside of Los Angeles was put on leave after pretending to shoot students and announcing that they were 'dead' during a drill, KTLA reported.
Currently, there are no standardized processes for school shooting drills, which is mind-boggling to me,' said Democratic Assemblymember Mike Gipson, who supports the bill. 'This is a commonsense piece of legislation.' Ireana Marie Williams, a member of Students Demand Actions at California State University, Sacramento, said shooter drills and lockdowns are traumatizing for students. Williams was locked out of her classroom when her high school went into lockdown a few years ago.
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