School Safety

Staffing challenges and high demand for classes have delayed delivery of the “gold standard” active shooter training for all Texas school resource officers.

One year after the Uvalde school shooting, some Texas police officers assigned to protect schools still have not received the active shooter training that’s widely considered the “gold standard,” an NBC 5 investigation has found.

Lawmakers and the governor have doubled down on arming teachers, but so far not even 25% of school districts in Texas have been willing to adopt the plan. Education reporter Wayne Carter visited a school district that armed staff members and looks at how the process evolved from hesitance to putting “firearms in the classroom.”

Education reporter Wayne Carter visited a school district that armed staff members and looks at how the process evolved from hesitance to putting “firearms in the classroom.”

Senator John Cornyn was in North Texas Monday looking at school security upgrades at R.L. Paschal High School in Fort Worth.

Senator John Cornyn, who championed the Safer Communities Act, came to North Texas to see what’s being done with some of the money for school protection. NBC 5’s political reporter Julie Fine has the story.

Across Texas, the latest school security measures to prevent mass shootings will focus on large entryways. NBC 5’s Alicia Barrera reports the Texas Education Agency wants glass doors and windows reinforced with entry-resistant film.

North Texas school leaders on Thursday got a preview of some of the security enhancements the Texas Education Agency is requiring in schools statewide.

Educators and law enforcement spent the day Tuesday at a conference in Richardson focused on school safety.

School law enforcement and administrators spent Tuesday focused on how to prevent and deal with a security crisis. It’s happening as Texas lawmakers debate the most effective ways to make schools safer. Political Reporter Julie Fine has the story.

School security officials are meeting in Richardson on Tuesday to address school safety successes and areas for improvement.

The Region 10 Safety First Conference is taking place in Richardson today.

The new safety policy goes into effect Monday for students in grades 6 through 12.

NBC 5’s Ben Russell has the details on the recent incidents at schools across North Texas.

Evan Anderson is live in the newsroom to tell us about recent threats and possible solutions to North Texas school safety.

Lawmakers in Austin are working on bills that would beef up security at school districts in rural areas where police officer shortages make keeping school safety a real challenge.