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Florida Senator Proposes Legislation to Take $80 Billion From IRS to Fund Armed Officers at Schools

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Florida Senator Proposes Legislation to Take $80 Billion From IRS to Fund Armed Officers at Schools
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) speaks at CPAC Texas at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas on Aug. 5, 2022. Bobby Sanchez for The Epoch Times
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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4/26/2023|Updated: 4/26/2023
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Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has introduced legislation to put full-time armed law enforcement at every K-12 school nationwide in an effort to prevent mass school shootings.

The bill, known as the School Guardian Act, proposes a total of $80 billion in funding for the hirings—money previously made available to the IRS by the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act.

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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers news in China and Taiwan. He holds a Master's degree in materials science from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.
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