RALEIGH, N.C. -- A legislative committee has agreed to more than a dozen recommendations on how to improve K-12 school safety in North Carolina.

• NC House panel voted unanimously for the proposals.
• Items will be debated next week by lawmakers.
• Recommendations include more officers, counselors, nurses, and social workers.

However, they leave out any new gun restrictions or harsher penalties for bringing weapons to schools or threatening mass violence.

The House panel voted unanimously Thursday for the proposals, which will likely be debated by the General Assembly when it returns next week for its annual work session next week.

Concerns have been at the forefront following the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida.  

The approved recommendations include more training for school police officers and funding for districts to hire officers along with counselors, nurses and social workers.

Currently the ratio for students to school counselors is 1 to 350. The recommended ratio is 1 to 250.

For school psychologist, the Department of Public Instruction reports there is one for 1,857 students which is more than double what the national recommendation of 1 to 700.

Another recommendation includes implementing a “speak up” app so students can anonymously report potential threats, abuse or related issues.

Schools also would be subject to annual vulnerability reviews and have teams that help identify high-risk students for violence.

Discussions since March veered away from background check or gun sale measures backed by Democrats.

Republicans leading the committee generally oppose further gun restrictions and note the recommendations have bipartisan support.

Gov. Cooper’s school safety plan includes some of the same recommendations, but he's gone one step further by putting a price tag on it.

Cooper is calling for an additional $130 million for the safety measure.