Montana Superintendent Picked For National School Safety Committee

Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen has been chosen as one of 12 state Chief School officers to head up a newly formed School Safety Steering Committee. The committee put together by the Council of Chief State School Officers will meet at the end of the Month in Salt Lake City, and Arntzen hopes to bring a unique perspective to the table.

“Very few states, less than 10, do any election by any means,” Arntzen said. “What Montana brings to the table is that elected western flavor. I am accountable to the voters. It is more specific in our constitution that we are local control.”

Arntzen believes the issue of firearms is too dominant when it comes to school safety and that other issues need to be addressed.

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