Georgia proposes a controversial school safety bill that tracks student threats and enhances mental health resources.

Georgia lawmakers propose HB 268, a bill aimed at enhancing school safety by creating a statewide database to track students deemed threats, along with hiring mental health coordinators and mandating violence prevention courses. While supported for safety measures, the bill faces criticism over concerns about privacy, potential for racial profiling, and the difficulty of removing students from the database. The Senate subcommittee is reviewing the bill, which includes making threats of violence a felony and setting up threat assessment teams, all while balancing safety and privacy concerns.