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Lohrmann, Elizabeth; Cooper, Carlie; Hooper, Skyler; Washington, Ashley; Williams-Sledge, Zakia – Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs, 2020
The 2017 Georgia House Bill 280 states that, with limited exceptions, a properly licensed handgun owner can Concealed Carry on Georgia's public college and university campuses. Since its inception and because of the recent history of mass shootings, much controversy surrounds this law. The infancy of and controversy behind this law calls for…
Descriptors: Weapons, Public Colleges, State Legislation, School Safety
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Johnson, Natasha N.; Johnson, Thaddeus L. – Cogent Education, 2023
Using the state of Georgia as a backdrop, this paper highlights the current state of the GFSA (Gun-Free Schools Act) in the United States of America, initially enacted in 1994, 30 years later. The progress of school-based ZTPs (Zero Tolerance Policies) in practice shows that progress remains slow a quarter of a century later. In response, this…
Descriptors: Zero Tolerance Policy, School Policy, Weapons, Violence
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Ballard, Chet; Brady, Lauren – Journal of School Violence, 2007
School superintendents in 60 public school systems in Georgia were surveyed to describe strategies being pursued to prevent school violence and promote a safe learning environment. Results from the present study were compared with results from a survey of superintendents conducted by one of the authors in 1995 to determine the extent of change in…
Descriptors: Violence, School Safety, Prevention, Data Analysis