Shots in the Dark

Shortly after the Stoneman Douglas shooting, the Florida Legislature passed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Safety Act (SB 7026), a bill meant to increase school security. One of the measurements — the Aaron Feis Guardian Program — allows for teachers and administrators to carry weapons in school. Another policy is the Florida Schools Safety Portal, a database that involuntarily takes students’ personal information like state records, mental health data, social media and more. Do these new initiatives increase safety? How will they affect marginalized students?