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Posted on 05/19/2026 4:55:56 PM PDT by chickenlips
MIAMI – Florida is expanding its school safety playbook to colleges and universities under a new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, prompted in part by last year’s active‑shooter incident at Florida State University.
DeSantis signed HB 757, calling it a continuation of a years-long push to harden campuses and tighten threat response.
“We implemented the most far‑reaching school safety program anywhere in the country,” DeSantis said, noting that “just since 2019, we’ve invested $3.1 billion in student safety.”
The law requires public colleges and universities to adopt active assailant response plans, establish threat management teams, conduct annual security risk assessments, and maintain clear lines of communication with law enforcement. It also expands the use of Florida’s suspicious‑activity reporting system and allows threat‑assessment and serious behavioral information to follow students as they move from K‑12 into higher education.
“We have also implemented harm prevention management model, a first‑of‑its‑kind threat management system that identifies and immediately responds to students who may pose a risk to themselves or others,” DeSantis told reporters. “It’s going to make our state colleges safer than they already are.”
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And just like that. No more mass shootings in Florida state Universities.
In 1800 schoolmarms in NY State had muskets on the wall.
Source: “Ticonderoga Sentinel”, 1874
I agree. Good move, Florida/DeSantis. In fact, there have been a lot of good moves recently from that state and governor.
Unfortunately, the bill is extremely restrictive. People who apply to be school guardians are required to obtain 144 hours of training.
That is 18 full time days of training. This is a very high standard. It is very difficult for most people to commit themselves to three full weeks and three full days more, for a very limited objective.
The current bill expands the program to post-secondary schools. I do not expect it to be used much. Maybe a people who have summers off will volunteer for such a course.
It is not necessary. The skill set required is very specific. Three days of training in the FASTER program is sufficent to be effective. More con be added later.
By requiring such a huge initial investment in time, the number of “Guardians” will be minimal.
” It is very difficult for most people to commit themselves to three full weeks and three full days more, for a very limited objective.”
The program has been in place since 2018. It required high schools to have an armed person on campus. Either an LEO or Florida Guardian certified person.
53 of the 67 counties participate in the Guardian program.
This bill just expands the program from high schools to colleges and universities.
From the article: “allowing eligible employees to be trained and appointed as armed school guardians”
Not too restrictive if they are given paid leave to train. I seriously doubt any school is going to expect candidates to do this on their own time on a volunteer basis. Sounds like it could be some good training with some range time while on the payroll if they qualify.
Florida was better a long time ago but spiraled into a mess. desantis could have done this years ago too, but I guess you can applaud him as beicause late is better than never.
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