A 2019 bill required Texas schools to keep track of threats to prevent the next school shooting. But, the pandemic and little oversight led to inconsistent reporting and procedures.
, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.was threatened with suspension because she relayed what she perceived to be a classmate’s shooting threat to friends in a group chat.
“Our goal is that no child will ever feel afraid at school and no Texas family will ever experience the grief that followed the horrible school shooting at Santa Fe High School,” Republican Lt. Gov.said. “The safety of our children remains paramount — the future of Texas depends on it.” These teams review students who have reportedly made threats of violence or exhibited harmful, threatening or violent behavior. Team members then decide what is to be done, whether mental health services are needed or perhaps the intervention of law enforcement. Team members are also supposed to educate students and staff on the signs of potentially violent behavior and come up with procedures on how to report threats.
“Developing a more thoughtful partnership between parents and schools could help identify mental health concerns earlier and allow students to get the support they need at the beginning of this process,” said Laura Felix, a spokesperson for Texas Appleseed.Brian Woods, the departing superintendent of the Northside ISD in San Antonio, said administrators always knew setting up threat assessment teams would be a challenge.
Twyla Williams, director of counseling crisis and mental health at Austin ISD, said their team was pretty small at first. It was just her, the district’s chief of police and a crisis response team. She said as the team continued to grow, they found that principals appreciated having a sounding board for their intervention methods.
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