A sweeping school security bill has passed the Texas Legislature and now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. It does not include gun control measures, but instead mandates armed security at every school campus in Texas. Opponents say it's the wrong vision for school safety.
The bill strengthens the Texas School Safety Center, which disseminates safety information to all schools.
The main piece of the bill that’s raising eyebrows mandates an armed security officer at every Texas school campus. “For me as a parent, and what we’re hearing from our educator partners, is how do you meet that standard? Is the school expected to forgo an educator, a bus driver, to first fulfil that armed security officer?” she said.It lists an exception for schools that cannot afford to hire an officer or don’t have enough personnel to qualify as security officers.
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