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Report on state schools complying with new safety laws expected today

Tallahassee, Fla. — A second round of results from a statewide survey on school compliance with new state safety laws is expected to be released this afternoon.

The report will be given to the statewide commission created in response to last year's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who will be meeting in Sunrise over the next two days.

This is the second compliance survey conducted by the Florida Department of Education's Office of Safe Schools.

Results of the first survey were released two month ago and showed that nearly 200 schools did not have armed security officers, as required by Florida law.

None of the schools were publicly identified due to the anonymity of the survey.

Now some members of the commission are urging Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran to publicly identify school districts that had yet to meet all of the state’s school-safety requirements that were implemented after the February 14, 2018 shooting in Parkland.

The final decision on whether to publicly identify the non-compliant school is expected this afternoon when the results of the second survey are delivered.

The commission will also be discussing several other school-safety topics such as training for school resource officer and how often active-assailant drills are needed.

This is a developing story check back here for updates.

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