Texas Republicans to address schools shooting by buying more police shields.

[RandySF]

TEXAS, USA — Texas leaders announced Tuesday that they have agreed to dedicate more than $100 million in state funds to boost school safety and mental health services following the Uvalde massacre.

Nearly half the money — $50 million — is going toward bullet-resistant shields for school police officers, a priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. The second-largest expenditure — $17.1 million — is for school districts to buy silent panic alert technology, which allows them to alert law enforcement during emergencies.

The $105.5 million total in funding will support the initiatives through August 2023. Almost all of the money is coming out of a budget surplus inside the Texas Education Agency, which oversees public K-12 education.

“The State of Texas is acting swiftly to ensure our schools are secure and that children, teachers, and families across Texas have the support and resources they need to be safe as we work to prevent future tragedies like the heinous crime committed in Uvalde,” Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement.

The state’s Republican leaders have largely championed mental health and school safety as the policy response to the May shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, resisting gun-control measures. The massacre left 19 students and two teachers dead, as well as 17 others wounded.



https://www.khou.com/article/news/special-reports/uvalde-school-shooting/texas-spending-millions-after-uvalde-massacre/285-087e1b9c-4a1c-4f77-a662-fa0f500b0c0a

[Biophilic]

1. This is so sick. More shields for police.

Yup, that will make children safer. Just sick.

[Walleye]

2. They had shields at Uvalde. What they didn't have was guts. Yellow bellies

Maybe they can buy $50 million worth of courage somewhere

[RussBLib]

3. and "panic buttons"?

and then you get cops too afraid to respond?

[crickets]

4. There is no way that shields cost $50 million.

Even if they did, that's not what the money is for: school safety and mental health services. Cops have their own budgets, often big ones if Uvalde is any indication. It's obscene to see cops yank half the kids' money for themselves.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. When in doubt, give the cops more money.

[SoCalDavidS]

6. Fewer Doors & More Shields Would Have Saved Lives In Uvalde

repub “Logic”

[rownesheck]

7. My wife works for a school district here

in Texas. The superintendent sent out a survey asking teachers if they would want those types of shields for the classroom and training on how to use them.

Fucking hell. It's sickening that it's come to this because of a minority of immature piece of shit garbage people.