NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Tennessee Senate took less than five minutes before it adjourned the Senate Education Committee without discussion of 21 bills, including legislation that would arm teachers inside schools.
The House however advanced the bill. It will now move on to the education administration.
Following the vote, the crowd erupted in several chants and shouts. Our own Chris Davis was in the room when emotions ran high.
Emotions are running high pic.twitter.com/C6iRpDcIdb
— Chris Davis NC5 (@ChrisDavisMMJ) August 23, 2023
Tennessee law currently bans guns from school campuses.
Arming educators has always been a contentious fight in Tennessee, the bills usually not reaching the floor in either chamber for passage. Covenant parents — through their action fund — have said they do not back more guns in schools, saying the initiative could "backfire."
Bills aren't completely killed until the Senate and House adjourn, which could happen Wednesday or Thursday.
