Morath told Senators those steps include reviewing schools' safety procedures, access points, and ensuring doors lock properly at all 9,000 schools across the state before classes begin for the fall.
A 2020 audit by the Texas School Safety Center, which reviews school districts' emergency operation plans, found that of the state's 1,022 school districts, only 200 had a viable active shooter policy, 196 districts had insufficient policies and 626 had none.The Director of the Texas School Safety Center, Dr. Kathy Martinez-Prather, told Senators their organization doesn't conduct compliance checks on-site.
When asked by Senator Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, why she wasn't clear on their authority Martinez-Prather said,"The law does not stipulate us to go do that."Martinez-Prather answered,"It doesn't, but we will have districts question what authority do you have to come on our campus?" One Senator, Charles Perry, R-Lubbock asked Morath if new schools under construction have the same classroom doors as those at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.
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