Florida school districts missed safety law deadline [Video]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Six Florida school districts missed the deadline to comply with a state school safety law.

In 2022, 10 Investigates’ reporting prompted legislators to change state law to help make campuses safer. We didn’t stop there. 10 Investigates followed through to make sure school districts complied.

It took until this month — eight months past the July 1, 2023 deadline — for every district to comply with the law.

“I feel like teachers have to be more aware of who they’re teaching. It’s, you know, like, it’s our second home,” Parkland school shooting survivor Isabella Benjumea told 10 Investigates in 2022.

A former student with a history of mental illness killed 17 people at her high school on Valentine’s Day 2018.

“They were like, ‘Just run. Just leave. And as a 14-year-old, I just started …