Georgia lawmakers are giving up on creating a statewide database to collect information on students who might commit violence
Georgia lawmakers abandoned plans for a statewide student database to track potential violence, citing privacy concerns, while advancing other school safety measures. The compromise bill includes mandated reporting of threats to schools by police, faster record transfers, mental health coordinator positions in each district, and a statewide anonymous reporting system. It also requires wearable panic buttons for school employees, electronic campus maps for emergency agencies, and makes adult prosecution the default for certain violent crimes committed by children at school.
