The grants, a joint effort between Gov. Lee and the General Assembly, will fund the placement of a full-time, armed school resource officer (SRO) at every public school and implement physical security improvements at public and non-public schools across Tennessee.
Currently serving as the president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second-largest teachers' union in the country, Weingarten was instrumental in shaping COVID policies in academic settings.
46-year-old Christian teaching assistant Kristie Higgs won an appeal against her 2019 dismissal for Facebook posts criticizing gender ideology in children's education.
A middle school in Massachusetts tried to force children into wearing rainbow colors for pride, but the students revolted and wore American flag colors instead.