A San Antonio congressman pointed to federal grants as one solution to the lack of funding for school resource officers required under a new state law.
U.S. Representative Tony Gonzales , whose district includes Uvalde, hosts a school safety roundtable including local law enforcement and school district leadership.With San Antonio area school districts scrambling to hire armed security personnel to comply with a new state law that goes into effect Sept. 1, U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales is working to help districts tap into federal school safety funds to help with costs.
With just weeks until the law’s effective date, districts are ramping up recruitment efforts, and in some cases asking for an exemption from the law, which requires one armed security officer per school campus. “What has happened if you take the time to submit a grant two times in a row, and you get denied both times. … That is a dead end,” he said.
According to the website for the philanthropic initiative, school districts who demonstrate need will be provided “fully funded grant-writing consulting services.” South San Antonio ISD recently adopted a deficit budget and has struggled with financial issues in recent years.
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