Bill Requiring Armed School Officers Clears Senate

The Kentucky Senate has passed legislation to require that police officers be armed when assigned to schools.

The bill cleared the Senate on a 34-1 vote Monday and now goes to the House.

The measure is a follow-up to last year's sweeping school safety law.

That law did not specify whether school police officers needed to carry a weapon.

The new legislation would add the requirement that all school-based officers be armed.

Under the new measure, at least one school resource officer would be assigned to each school campus.