Bulletproof backpacks for public school students clears first hurdle in Louisiana Senate

The Advocate: Bulletproof backpacks would be allowed in Louisiana public schools under a bill that breezed through a Senate committee Monday.

The measure, Senate Bill 178, next faces action in the full Senate.

Sen. Mike Walsworth, R-West Monroe, sponsor of the bill, conceded that offering such a proposal comes with mixed emotions.

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