EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso Independent School District has been awarded a $1 million federal grant to improve security through crisis intervention programs, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said in a news release.
The grant will be used for violence prevention and crisis response training for law enforcment and school resource officers, firearm safety training for community menbers and data collection, technology and information sharing to reduce violence, Cornyn’s office said.
A portion of this grant comes from the U.S. Department of Justice’s STOP School Violence Program, and was authorized through Cornyn’s Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which was signed into law in 2022 to address specific concerns that have led to mass shootings, Cornyn’s office said.
“The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is about mental health, school safety, and ensuring that the tragedy that struck Uvalde was not in vain,” Cornyn said. “I’m grateful this law is giving schools across our state the resources needed to keep students, staff and teachers safe.”
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