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The shooting sparked a nationwide conversation about gun control, led by students from Stoneman Douglas High School.

They led several marches, including one a month after the shooting which drew more than a million people to Washington, D.C. President Trump and some lawmakers initially discussed a number of potential actions, including raising the minimum age to buy assault-style rifles.

But there was no final action on raising the age. And, eventually, the president signed a law strengthening the federal background check system. Gun control advocates say action at the federal level hasn't gone far enough.

The report stops short of recommendations on access to guns, but supports so-called red flag laws that allow a gun to be taken away from someone who poses a threat to himself or others. The commission says it took a — quote — "holistic approach" to school safety.

Among the dozens of proposals, a call to roll back Obama era guidance for reducing racial disparities in school discipline. The administration argues those rules kept schools from taking action against potentially dangerous students. The report also calls for increased attention to mental health, citing the Parkland gunman who was expelled from school.

The two previous secretaries of education, John B. King and Arne Duncan, released a statement calling the rollback proposal — quote — "beyond disheartening and shameful."

The report also says individual schools should make the decision on giving teachers and school personnel firearms and training. The commission doesn't encourage schools to arm teachers, but it provides guidelines if they choose to do so.

For the first of our two reactions to Secretary DeVos' report, I am joined by Catherine E. Lhamon, chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. During the Obama administration, she was assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education, where she oversaw and signed the student disciplinary guidelines that are being rescinded by today's report.

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