Only one new gun restriction was recommended.
and disciplinary practices that child advocates say often disproportionately adversely impact Black and Latino kids.
These issues came up in the context of Uvalde because the shooter often missed school, becoming chronically absent in sixth grade.“The Legislature should consider improvements to truancy law allowing districts more authority and options to handle truant students, including but not limited to mandatory home visits by school district personnel for chronically truant students or mandatory meetings with the school for parents or guardians,” the report states.
“This would allow administrators and teachers to identify students who may pose a threat to the community they are moving into,” the report reads.The lawmakers also want to see greater public awareness of iWatchTexas, the state’s anonymous threat reporting system.that, even though the state is spending millions of dollars on iWatchTexas, it is largely unused and unproven.
School district-specific anonymous reporting systems had much more success. For example, a different tool called STOPit has fielded 40,000 tips in Texas in the past five years.
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