Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost comes out in support of school shooting bill
The bill is receiving support from multiple attorneys general.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Attorney General Dave Yost, along with 40 other attorney general, is urging Congress to pass the EAGLES Act, a national program to prevent targeted school violence.
The legislation is named after the mascot of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people were killed February 14th, 2018. The act would expand the U.S. Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center with a greater focus on school violence prevention.
“Our children must be in a learning environment that is free of fear and violence,” Yost said. “This federal legislation is another tool we can use to prevent violence that we see far too often.”
The act’s safe school initiative contains research and training components, allows dissemination of evidence-based practices, and authorizes the NTAC to work with state and local officials to develop research and training.
