Louisiana bill would allow school boards to require students to go through security screening
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Louisiana bill would allow school boards to require students to go through security screening before entering campus.
House Bill 225, authored by state Rep. Chad Brown (D-Plaquemine), would amend current law on public school safety. Screening could include students going through a metal detector or a manual or electronic bag search.
Proposed legislation would also allow these searches during a school day or for extracurricular activities on campus.
This bill comes after numerous students across the state have been arrested after having a gun on campus since the start of the 2024-2025 school year. The most recent arrest in Baton Rouge involved two middle school students with an unloaded gun.
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