Two compensation funds would be created for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting victims and family members with $160 million in state money under bills proposed on Friday.
Sen. Lauren Book, D-Plantation, proposed three bills (SB 1678, SB 1680 and SB 1682) that would create and fund the programs.
One of the bills would create the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Victim Family Compensation Fund Program, which would provide money to family members of the 17 students and faculty members who died in the Feb. 14, 2018, mass shooting in Parkland. Another bill would create the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Victim Compensation Fund Program, which would provide money to 17 others who were shot and wounded.
The third bill would create a trust fund within the Florida Department of Education, which would manage the money. The proposal calls for providing $80 million to the compensation program for family members of victims who died and $80 million to the compensation program for victims who were wounded.