Michigan State Police officials say it’s time to crack down on schools that ignore emergency safety drill rules.
A state police task force says schools should be forced to report when and how safety drills are conducted. Those reports would have to be posted on the schools’ web sites.
Republican state Representative Joe Graves is sponsoring legislation he says will incorporate that and other recommendations.
“So Johnny’s mom and dad and grandparents can go on there and say, ‘Yep, he’s getting trained,’ and it goes throughout the year, distributed evenly.”
The task force is part of Governor Rick Snyder’s plan to address school safety issues after recent tragedies, including the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut.
Recent investigations by MLive Media Group suggest many Michigan schools have been breaking laws related to school safety drills.
