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Kemp signs bills aiming to improve school safety, literacy

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs into law a bill aimed at making public schools safer during a ceremony in Savannah, Ga., on Thursday, April 13, 2023. The measure requires Georgia schools to hold annual drills on responding to campus shooters. The governor also signed new laws intended to improve literacy among students in kindergarten through third grade. (RUSS BYNUM/Associated Press)

Georgia school laws — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs into law a bill aimed at making public schools safer during a ceremony in Savannah, Ga., on Thursday, April 13, 2023. The measure requires Georgia schools to hold annual drills on responding to campus shooters. The governor also signed new laws intended to improve literacy among students in kindergarten through third grade. (RUSS BYNUM/Associated Press)

SAVANNAH — Gov. Brian Kemp signed new laws Thursday that will require Georgia schools to perform annual drills for responding to campus shooters early in the school year and to perform literacy assessments for younger students three times per year to see if they can read at grade level.

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