Parents say they don't want more officers
It's clearly not something that most parents or school administrators want, but Austin ISD will soon double the number of armed security guards at its schools. The guards, known as security resource officers or SROs, are necessary to comply with, a new state law that will go into effect Sept. 1. Still, parents asked the board on Thursday not to hire them.
"My child is a student of color and we know that SROs do not make schools safer, particularly for students of color, students with disabilities, LGBTQ students, and others,"said, her voice shaky with emotion. Beck asked the trustees to spend the district's money on mental health services instead. Other speakers said that armed officers make students nervous and trigger post-traumatic stress disorder.
“My child is a student of color and we know that SROs do not make schools safer, particularly for students of color, students with disabilities, LGBTQ students, and others.”HB 3 is the only school safety bill Texas Republicans adopted this session, after ignoring the parents of students killed in the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, who asked them to raise the age at which assault rifles can be purchased from 18 to 21.
"There is nothing in this bill that includes any kind of sanction," Butts answered, smiling slightly. She said she has heard doubts that TEA has jurisdiction over the matter.
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