RALEIGH -- North Carolina legislators sat down to get information about student safety in the aftermath of the Florida school shooting before recommending later this spring what changes their colleagues should support. 

The House Select Committee on School Safety held its first meeting Wednesday. They heard from the state Division of Emergency Management, State Bureau of Investigation and leaders of the state's task force on safe schools. 

The SBI said they see many threats on social media including apps like Snapchat, but social media also helps during crisis situations like shootings.

They pointed out that bomb threats have gone up as seen in a report from the Department of Instruction -- from 69 threats two years ago to 89 threats last school year. They also pointed out that students are the big percentage of the main offenders.

Another main topic of discussion has been school resource officers.

The Center for Safer Schools points out there’s under 1,200 SROs in schools across the state, which means they’re not in every school and some are shared between schools.

Republican House Speaker Tim Moore organized the school safety committee, which while bipartisan in membership has a GOP majority.

Gov. Roy Cooper and some Democratic lawmakers already have offered ideas, which include raising the age to purchase assault-style weapons to 21 and require background checks for those guns. Republicans will be more skeptical about efforts to restrict lawful gun access.