Education Secretary Cardona Visits Parkland Shooting Site, Calls for More Action on School Safety

In a round table discussion with victims' parents and officials, Cardona expressed frustration at complacency and highlighted the need to replicate local and state laws nationally.

• U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona visited the site of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, where he spoke with survivors and victims’ relatives about ways to improve school safety nationally.
• Cardona participated in a round table discussion with parents of victims, U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency Director Jen Easterly, U.S. Congressman Jared Moskowitz, and Broward Public Schools Superintendent Peter Licata.
• During the discussion, Parkland families recounted some of the laws at the local and state level that they have been working on since the massacre and advised Cardona to replicate them as much as possible.
• Cardona expressed frustration at the complacency he sees in other communities and called for more action to prevent such tragedies, referencing the bipartisan 'Safer Communities Act' that has provided $2 billion to help reduce gun violence.
• The building where the shooting took place has been preserved for legal proceedings and politicians’ visits, but plans are in place to demolish it this summer.

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