Lee signs executive order on school security following mass shootings
Gov. Bill Lee on Monday, June 6 announced he would sign an executive order attempting to improve school safety in the wake of the May 24 shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, which left 19 fourth-graders and two teachers dead and 17 others wounded. (Troy Stolt/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)
“This order strengthens accountability and transparency around existing school safety planning and assures Tennessee parents that our efforts to protect students and teachers will continue,” Lee said in a press release.
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Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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