by Jennifer Childress | Jun 5, 2023 | Legal Developments
The Texas Legislature has passed a bill aimed at ensuring public school safety. House Bill 3 requires school boards to determine the appropriate number of armed security officers for each district campus and ensure that at least one armed security officer is present...
by Jennifer Childress | Oct 16, 2019 | Education News
Thanks to our friends at the Texas Association for School Boards for this informative brief summarizing all you need to know about SB 11, the recent bill addressing school safety in the wake of recent school shootings. Some features of the bill are the allocation of...
by Jennifer Childress | Aug 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Reposted from the Office of the Texas Governor Greg Abbott Governor Greg Abbott today released the Texas School Safety Update report highlighting the progress made to keep students and teachers safe at school. The report provides an update on efforts by the Governor’s...
by Jennifer Childress | Aug 21, 2019 | Legal Developments
The Legislature’s comprehensive safety bill, Senate Bill 11, added Texas Education Code § 37.115, which requires the board of trustees of each school district to establish a “threat assessment and safe and supportive school team” to serve at each campus of the...
by Jennifer Childress | May 30, 2018 | Education News
Today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott released a School and Firearm Safety Action Plan following three days of roundtable meetings at the State Capitol last week. The report comes on the heels of the school shootings in Santa Fe, where 10 people were killed. The 40-page...
