Projectiles, like the plastic pellets used in a January incident that left Indiana teachers with bruises, welts and abrasions, would be allowed in teacher training sessions if those teachers agree to it. This practice was barred by the same committee last week.
"It's got to do with reality and making sure they experience the emotions and adrenaline," said Sen. Jeff Raatz, chair of the Senate's education committee and author of the new amendment to allow for the use of pellets.
The Indiana State Teachers Association had asked for language prohibiting this practice. Teachers at Meadowlawn Elementary School in Monticello, Indiana, said they had agreed to active shooter training, conducted by the local sheriff's department and knew the officers would be using an airsoft gun. They didn't expect, though, to be shot across the back multiple times while huddled against a wall.