Article: SEN. SALAZAR EXPANDS COLORADO SCHOOL SAFETY INNOVATION TO NATION

The office of Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., issued the following press release:

Each day, roughly 160,000 children miss school because they are afraid of a violent incident, 100,000 children take a weapon to school, 14,000 young people are attacked on school property, 6,250 teachers are threatened, and 260 teachers are assaulted.

Against the backdrop of this epidemic of school violence, United States Senator Ken Salazar last week introduced the School Safety Enhancement Act, which will:

* Help schools establish hotlines or tiplines for reporting potentially dangerous situations (modeled off the "Safe2Tell" program in Colorado);

* Assist schools in purchasing surveillance cameras and other ...

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