"This is the most robust school-based response framework that Texas has ever designed, and is the product of a year’s worth of bipartisan committee research & planning.”
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – “Texans have been reminded far too often that evil exists, and that we live in a broken world," said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick earlier today following the Texas Senate’s unanimous passage of Senate Bill 11 the "Keeping Our Schools Safe & Secure Act" by Senator Robert Nichols (right, R-Jacksonville.)
"SB 11 is a top priority of mine – and of all 31 Senators – because it represents a blueprint for our schools to use to harden their facilities moving forward.
SB 11, by Sen. Nichols, adopts a new structure for schools to increase security.- The bill provides additional ongoing resources to schools for hardening, including money to purchase school safety equipment and hiring regionally embedded school safety experts.
- SB 11 streamlines our school safety response structure and requires superior communication within the school system and with parents relating to school safety.
- In addition, SB 11 creates the Office of School Safety & Security within the Texas Education Agency to help school districts eliminate vulnerabilities for intrusion and to systematically improve the safety and security of our schools.
