Bill To Fund Armed Guards At Schools Passes Assembly, Goes To Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Assembly have given approval to a bill which will help schools pay for armed guards.  The legislation approved Tuesday would create a statewide grant program.  The Wisconsin Senate will consider the bill next.  The grants from the Wisconsin Justice Department would cover three-fourths of the cost of armed security guards in the first year of the program.  It hasn’t been specified where the funding would come from or how big the grants would be.  Tuesday’s vote came less than a week after 17 people were killed in a mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.