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Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety
Evaluate options to increase the number of school
marshals available, and identify current statutory
requirements that limit utilization of the program.

Committee on Defense & Veterans Affairs and
Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety
(Joint Charge)
Examine the experience of other states in prioritizing
retired peace officers and military veterans for school
security. Determine the minimum standards necessary to
implement such a program.

TEXAS SENATE

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick recently announced the appointment of a nine-member Senate select committee to address
the school violence and school security proposals requested by Governor Abbott, and additional issues included in
the governor’s school safety plan. The lieutenant governor has asked the select committee to finish their work by
the first week of August.

“I have worked closely with Gov. Abbott in developing his extensive proposal. I am grateful for
the Governor’s rapid response immediately following the Santa Fe school shooting as well as

his leadership on this critical issue. Today I am announcing the appointment of a nine-member
senate select committee to address the school violence and school security interim charges

requested by the governor and additional issues included in the governor’s report,” said
Lt. Gov. Patrick.

To read the full text of these new charges, please use the following link:
https://www.ltgov.state.tx.us/2018/06/01/patrick-announces-interim-charges-to-select-committee-on-violence-in-
schools-and-school-security/
The following are a few of the newly released charges to the Senate Select Committee:

• Improve the infrastructure and design of Texas schools to reduce security threats, and discuss various proposals
to harden school facilities.

• Study school security options, resources and training programs to determine what improvements can be made
to provide school districts and charter schools with more robust security options.

• Examine the root cause of mass murder in schools to determine the effect on copycat shootings, and the
desensitization to violence resulting from video games, music, film, and social media. Recommend strategies to
early identify and intercept high-risk students.

• Examine whether current protective order laws are sufficient or whether the merits of Extreme Risk Protective
Orders, or “Red Flag” laws, should be considered for seeking a temporary removal of firearms from a person who
poses an immediate danger to themselves or others, only after legal due process is provided with a burden of
proof sufficient to protect Second Amendment rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution.

To follow the any House or Senate committee, visit: https://capitol.texas.gov/Home.aspx

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