"The commission is charged with coming up with recommendations for making schools safer after 17 people died at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in February. Earlier in the week, DeVos had appeared at a congressional hearing, and when asked about safety commission, she noted that it will not examine the role of guns in students' safety. But at the commission's public listening session on Thursday, incoming Deputy Education Secretary Mick Zais clarified those remarks."
"He said the group would look at "narrow aspects of gun ownership," including specific age limits for purchasing some weapons and the procedures for confiscating weapons "from people with identified mental health issues." A new leader for the Education Department's Civil Rights Office On Thursday, the Senate confirmed Kenneth Marcus as the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education."
The school safety commission held its first public listening session without Education Secretary Betsy DeVos present. DeVos was in Switzerland. The commission must produce recommendations to improve school safety after 17 people died at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February. DeVos had said the commission would not examine the role of guns in student safety, but incoming Deputy Secretary Mick Zais said the group will examine narrow aspects of gun ownership, including purchase-age limits and procedures for confiscation from people with identified mental health issues. Kenneth Marcus was confirmed as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights amid criticism and a pending lawsuit over dismissed complaints.
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