Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.
June 11
Senate Select Committee on Violence in Schools & School Security
Charge: Infrastructure and design of Texas schools to reduce security threats, proposals to harden school facilities, including limiting access points, improving screening and detecting of weapons, retrofitting school facilities with improved locks, emergency alarm systems, and monitoring cameras
June 12
Senate Select Committee on Violence in Schools & School Security
Charge: School security options and resources, including, but not limited to, the school marshal program, school police officers, armed school personnel, the Texas School Safety Center, and other training programs
- School and Firearm Safety Action Plan, Governor Greg Abbott, May 30, 2018
- State Policy Responses to School Violence, Education Commission of the States, May 3, 2018
- School Safety (State legislation, additional resources), National Conference of State Legislatures, March 28, 2018
- Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2017, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education; Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, March 2018
- States' Roles in Keeping Schools Safe: Opportunities and Challenges for State School Safety Centers and Other Actors, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, July 2017
- Texas School Safety Practices Survey 2015-2016, Texas School Safety Center, Texas State University System
- Campus Safety and Security Needs Assessment Report 2015-2016, Texas School Safety Center, Texas State University System
