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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas safety panel has endorsed recommendations that favor arming school district employees who volunteer to undergo training and psychological testing.

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the Arkansas School Safety Commission on Monday accepted its law-enforcement subcommittee's proposed strategy of using "commissioned school security officers" for inclusion in recommendations to Gov. Asa Hutchinson later this month.

The commission also accepted the proposed expanded use of school resource officers, who are armed law enforcement officers assigned to schoo...