WHEREAS, the American Federation of School Administrators is both outraged and deeply saddened by the rash of school shootings that have devastated our nation for the past two decades; and

WHEREAS, AFSA asserts that the appropriate response to school gun violence is legislation that supports the provision of appropriate mental health services to help identify and treat students who are at risk for perpetrating acts of school gun violence; and

Ernest Logan, AFSA Executive Vice President issued a statement in response to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' budget testimony:

March 14, 2018 marks the one month anniversary of the mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, Florida. Students around the country united to call for changes in gun policy and walked out of class at10 amlocal time. The walkout, with the tagline #EnoughIsEnough, lasted 17 minutes one minute for each person murdered in Parkland. The walkout is partly a protest to push lawmakers to pass gun reform and partly a memorial to honor victims killed by firearms.

By Daniel Ducassi

TALLAHASSEE Survivors of the Feb. 14 school shooting in suburban Fort Lauderdale descended on Florida's capitolWednesdayas the Republican-majority Legislature normally friendly territory for the National Rife Association considered whether to advance new limits on gun access.