Before Uvalde, Santa Fe school shooting survivors demanded new laws

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• A report by the Texas House committee into the Uvalde school shooting showed the district failed to adhere to various Texas school safety protocols.
• Survivors and victims’ families from the 2018 Santa Fe school shooting said their efforts to lobby for new state safety rules were in vain since the laws are unenforceable.
• A 2020 audit by the Texas School Safety Center at Texas State University found that of the state’s 1,022 districts, only 200 had a viable active shooter policy.

As she read this week a report from a Texas House of Representatives committee on the Uvalde school shooting, Flo Rice felt anxiety creep up and her heart gallop. After a few minutes, she retreated to a dark room in her home to decompress.