Revised guidelines, including the need for each LEA to appoint an outdoor education adviser to monitor school visits, were published by the government last year following a spate of deaths.

BBC: Teachers trained for trip hazards

To that end, he has helped to reconvene an advisory board stipulated by the original contract, with regular meetings to monitor the school's progress.

WSJ: In Abu Dhabi, a B-School's Program Goes Adrift

The teacher was joined by the campus supervisor -- a campus monitor on the school's staff -- and both of them persuaded the student to drop the shotgun, the sheriff said.

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