school safety

Lawmakers entered the latest legislative session with demands to improve school safety after a shooting in Uvalde left 21 dead and 17 injured — the deadliest in the history of Texas.

HB 3 requires public and charter campuses to have armed security, although funding gaps and police shortages are challenges.

School safety and LGBTQ+ rights are among some of the biggest issues facing North Texas students this upcoming school year.

After Uvalde’s horrific school shooting, state lawmakers demanded every public school in Texas be protected by armed security. Legislators approved $15,000 per campus, a fraction of the real cost. And as schools begin to open statewide, districts are scrambling for qualified people.

Texas is still reeling from the state's deadliest school shootings. Will new school safety plans prevent another tragedy?

The incident comes as lawmakers debate how to make schools safer after the Uvalde massacre and favor measures like arming more educators.

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District announced last year it would work with JPPI Investigations to conduct an internal investigation into district police actions. Instead, the district will use findings collected from four separate investigations.

However, about a quarter of the audited campuses were found to need some corrective action.

These proposed requirements could take effect this school year after the Texas Education Agency takes public comment into consideration.

John P. Scott, a former U.S. Secret Service agent, is tasked with ensuring Texas schools implement statewide safety policies and safeguard against school shootings.

Uvalde trustees are unsure if officers who will provide school security this year were part of the delayed response to the shooting at Robb Elementary.

Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District trustees recently approved controversial new policies on bathrooms, pronouns, sports, library books and more. Most touched on people who identify as LGBTQ. On Friday, students protested those policies they say target and attack the LGBTQ community.