More than two dozen North Texas school districts still have money remaining from the 2019 grant, according to the latest numbers from the Texas Education Agency.
In the wake of the Uvalde school shooting, Texas leaders agreed this week to dedicate $100 million toward school security and mental health. However, utilizing those funds has been a challenge for some school districts. After FOX 4 started asking questions, the TEA extended the deadline for districts to utilize the funds by one year.
But FOX 4 obtained numbers from the TEA showing as of June 1 that dozens of North Texas school districts still had thousands of unused dollars. Now, in the wake of Uvalde, state leaders are preparing to move another $100 million toward school security with more specific detail about how they want the dollars used.
"If an armed officer is on campus, our opinion is always that the amount of damage a shooter can do is minimized," he said.
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