A small percentage of Texas schools participate in a statewide marshal program created in 2013. Participation by employees is voluntary.
Some Humble ISD employees will soon be allowed to bring guns to school.
Last week, trustees for the Houston-area school district voted 6-1 to join Texas’ School Marshal program as a pilot initiative. The program, implemented by state lawmakers in 2013 after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut, is overseen by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) and allows employees with a license to carry a firearm access to a gun on campus. To participate they must complete 80 hours of training and undergo a psychological exam.
Nearly a dozen parents at the school board meeting voiced concerns about the program. Larissa Powell told the board that while she supports the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gives Americans the right to bear arms, “We are not prepared operationally, ethically, financially, emotionally, for this kind of program.”…