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House ‘Guns In School’ Bill Clears Another Hurdle

A measure which would allow teachers and other school employees to have guns in schools has cleared another hurdle.

CBS4–2013/04/17

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Florida Lawmakers Discuss Increasing School Safety Spending

Florida lawmakers appear to be moving toward increasing spending on school-safety spending and change the way law enforcement officers posted at schools are funded.

2013/01/16

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Book Bags Banned At Some Local Schools

Some school officials in South Florida are taking no chances over the next 48 hours as rumors of possible shootings and other violence have taken hold with Friday being the one week anniversary of the deadly Connecticut school shootings.

CBS Miami–2012/12/20

A police car outside Miami Lakes Educational Center where a student was arrested for making threats via Twitter. (Source: CBS4)

Home Detention Ordered For Teen Accused Of Threatening School

A South Florida teenager arrested for threatening an attack on his school did not appear in court Wednesday afternoon as expected. Instead, a judge ordered the teen to home detention and scheduled another hearing in January.

CBS4–2012/12/19

Leanne Bowes of Conn., a student at Emerson College, uses her cell phone for texting at a cafe. (Photo by David L Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Miami Student Arrested For Tweeting He’ll “Shoot Up This School”

A Miami teen threatened on Twitter to “shoot up this school this Friday”, just days after the deadly elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

CBS4–2012/12/18

Gov. Rick Scott (Source: CBS4)

Gov. Scott Urges Schools To Review Safety Procedures

In the wake of last Friday’s school shooting in Connecticut, Gov. Rick Scott call on all school leaders in the state to review and enhance their safety and emergency plans.

CBS4–2012/12/17

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School Bells Ring Across South Florida

The long summer break has come to an end as more than 600,000 students in Miami-Dade and Broward head back to class for the first day of the new school year.

CBS4–2011/08/22

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