The Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) at Texas State University has received a federal grant to improve security through crisis intervention programs.
The $1,390,000 award was announced by U.S. Senator John Cornyn Nov. 18.
A portion of the grant comes from the U.S. Department of Justice’s STOP School Violence Program, which was authorized by Sen. Cornyn’s Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and signed into law on June 25, 2022 to address specific concerns that have led to mass shootings.
The TxSSC’s crisis intervention programs will include violence prevention and crisis response training for law enforcement and school resource officers and firearm safety training for community members. There will also be a component of data collection, technology and information-sharing to reduce violence.