Make Our Students, Educators, and Classrooms Safer

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Mr. OGLES. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak on the bill I will introduce today, the TEACH Act, the Teachers Empowered Against Classroom Harm Act. This bill would ensure that those who choose to protect children from armed intruders have the opportunity to do so.

We are all aware of the tragedy that took place at the Covenant School in my district a month ago. These types of tragedies are indicative of the evil that exists in our world. While we will never be able to ban the intentions of evil people, we can allow men and women to equip themselves in order to protect our children and stop bad actors in their tracks.

The TEACH Act would take money from the Education Secretary's slush fund, over $27.5 million, and use that money to provide defensive training programs designed to protect schools and our most precious asset, our children.

There are untold numbers of humble, patriotic men and women serving in our schools who would take steps to protect our children. The Teachers Empowered Against Classroom Harm Act, the TEACH Act, would help make our students, our educators, and our classrooms safer.

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