Gov. Doug Ducey unveiled a school safety plan Monday that offers a new way for police, educators and family members to remove weapons from students who present a threat to others.
The plan also creates a confidential tip line between law enforcement and school administrators to report potential threats.
In addition, the plan would:
-Provide $8 million for schools to hire psychologists to counsel students.
-Allow schools to bring in volunteer or retired law enforcement officers to provide a security presence. The officer could not be a school employee.
-Provide an undetermined amount of funding for more school resource officers.
-Computerize the state database that feeds information on Arizona convictions to the federal background check database. Only 63 percent of Arizona convictions are in the federal database, according to a 3-year-old report.
The Republican governor’s plan doesn’t address fixes requested by many gun safety groups, such as raising the age for purchases of assault weapons, or instituting universal background checks.
For example, someone deemed a threat who has weapons removed would still be able to purchase another weapon through a private sale.
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