Students have been referred to law enforcement in dramatically higher numbers after the school shootings in Parkland and Santa Fe. A study suggests the arrests show a return to zero-tolerance policies that can harm students.
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he will donate metal detectors to Santa Fe ISD after school shooting
The announcement aligns neatly with Texas leadership’s goal of “hardening” schools as targets.
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Families Divided
Analysis: What sees us through
In a steady rain of bad news — shootings, immigrant family separations, harsh political differences — one thing stands out. We’re tenacious.
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Arming teachers with guns? West Texas A&M arms teachers with computers
West Texas A&M opened a simulated emergency operations center on campus to train student teachers on how to respond to crises, including active shooters and natural disasters.
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Parenting and stricter gun laws would make schools safer, Texas voters tell UT/TT Poll
Gun laws should be stricter, according to a majority of the voters surveyed in a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, but that’s only one of several things they blame for recent school shootings.
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Criminal Justice
Cultural split is evident at Texas committee hearing on gun proposals
Gun rights advocates and student protesters at the Capitol on Monday argued over possible legislation to remove guns from people deemed dangerous and to mandate safe storage of firearms. The hearing was held after Gov. Greg Abbott requested legislators look at gun and school safety after the fatal Santa Fe school shooting.
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Will Texas pass a “red flag” law to remove guns from people who are deemed dangerous?
As part of his school and gun safety plan, Gov. Greg Abbott wants to explore a law that would allow local officials to take guns away from people if a judge declares them a danger — while also protecting Second Amendment rights. It’s an issue that has previously gone nowhere in the Texas Legislature.
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During school safety hearing, Texas lawmakers express support for arming faculty and staff — maybe even with rifles
Following Gov. Greg Abbott’s recommendations on school gun safety, members of a Senate committee on school violence debated the efficacy of expanding programs that already arm faculty and school staff.
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Texas Senate committee discusses school safety after Santa Fe shooting
We livestreamed a meeting of the Texas Senate Select Committee on Violence in Schools & School Security.
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After the Santa Fe shooting, a lawsuit aims to “effect change.” Can civil cases do what legislation hasn’t?
The lawsuit filed against the Santa Fe shooting suspect’s parents aims to hold gun owners responsible for the way they store their firearms around their troubled children. Experts say it fits into a nationwide pattern of gun liability cases that aspire to keep gun owners and manufacturers accountable through fear of high-cost lawsuits.