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Newtown Panel On School Shooting Issues Recommendations

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A panel created by Connecticut's governor after the Newtown school shooting has issued draft recommendations for improvements to school safety and changes to gun laws and the state's mental health care system.The 256-page report from the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission was posted online Thursday.

The panel gathered input over more than two years from experts and others including victims' relatives.

Many of the recommendations were included in an interim report last year that called for ensuring classroom doors can be locked from the inside and limits on ammunition purchases.

The group recommends safe school design, operation strategies and closer coordination with law enforcement, mental health workers and security professionals.

A gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012 before killing himself.

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