22A537F994D71C5B8725845C0053841D Hearing Summary

Elizabeth Burger and Aaron Carpenter, representing Legislative Council Staff, came to the table to provide an introduction to the agenda for the meeting. Mr. Carpenter spoke about a memo and a spreadsheet given to the committee regarding public comments received since the last meeting (Attachments A and B). He also pointed out a list of questions that were asked at the last meeting and the sections of the agenda when those questions would be addressed (Attachment C). Ms. Burger discussed additional context for the statistics provided at the last meeting. She responded to questions from the committee about economic or social stressors that potentially precipitate school violence. The committee discussed the issue.  Ms. Burger provided information about active shooter situations from a report on the Parkland High School incident.