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Texas Governor Lays Out School Safety Plan In Wake Of Santa Fe Shooting

Arming more teachers, changing school policies and boosting gun safety are part of a wide-ranging list presented by Gov. Greg Abbott, nearly two weeks after 10 people died in a the school shooting.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is laying out his plans for school safety on Wednesday. Here, Abbott hosts a recent roundtable discussion with victims, families and friends affected by the Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting that killed 10 people earlier this month. People with ties to other recent mass shootings were also invited.

Citing a need to make "our schools and our state a safer place," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott unveiled a slate of policy and legislative changes on Wednesday that range from boosting security at schools to doing more to keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them.

The proposals are part of the Governor's School and Firearm Safety Plan — a list of 40 recommendations for making communities safer. He detailed his new school-safety plan at the Dallas

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