What You Need To Know
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Texas lawmakers want to increase school safety funding in this year’s legislative session
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They passed a law in 2023 requiring public school districts to have an armed officer at each campus, districts have repeatedly asked the state for more money to fulfill the requirement
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The law was passed in response to the 2022 shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde that left 19 children and two teachers dead
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The law included an annual safety allotment of $10 per student and $15,000 per school
