Nearly 14 months after the Parkland school shooting, state senators moved toward passing a wide-ranging school safety bill that would include allowing classroom teachers to serve as armed school “guardians.”

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a rewrite of the proposal to give more flexibility to school districts that want to participate in the controversial guardian program. Other changes Thursday included an expansion of mental-health services in schools that would assist students with suicidal intentions, trauma and violence.

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