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Tampa Bay area school employees slow to get training required after Parkland mass shooting

Fewer than half of Tampa Bay-area school employees have gotten the legally-required training to help them identify troubled students.

Jenna Bourne (WTSP), Lauren Powell

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Published: 11:38 AM EST March 11, 2022
Updated: 7:15 PM EST March 11, 2022

This story is the latest installment in our YouTube series, "What's Brewing,” investigative reporter Jenna Bourne's series of deep dives. Click here to check out the series and subscribe to our YouTube channel: The Deeper Dive. 

Four years have passed since a school shooter killed 17 people in Parkland.

10 Investigates has uncovered a trend of Florida schools being slow to comply with a law – passed in the wake of the massacre – meant to help prevent future school shootings.

Fewer than half the employees at schools in the Tampa Bay area have gotten training, required by law, that could help them identify troubled students.

What we found has already prompted lawmakers to make changes.

Credit: 10 Tampa Bay
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