School Marshal Program

[sjfcontrol]

Anybody hear this was available?

http://tpr.org/post/certification-begin ... l-trainers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[n5wd]

Yep - local AM news station (KRLD) had a story on it earlier in the week. Had sound bites from the TCOLE director explaining what it was - mentioned that the Aubrey school district is going to be sending some teachers to the school once the trainers are trained.

[sjfcontrol]

Do I gather that current CHL instructors are not eligible to take the trainer's course?

[Crossfire]

It looks like this one is only for law enforcement. And that is just based on the info in the article.

[thewizer2]

If it follows normal TCLOE. Only instructors certified by TCLOE will be able to instruct this class and it will have to be through a TCLOE certified training agency. So you can say most like most CHL instructors will not be able to teach this course. By the way the law was written it put the School Marshal program as a certified peace officers license under TCLOE not the TX DPS. There was some talk in my renewal class about a teachers CHL course by TX DPS buy no info was given on when and where and it was made very plain it would be a costly instructors course, not a $100 like we pay now every 2 years.

[switch]

Also, the CHL instructors will have to 'qualify' to take the enhanced teacher certification class. Not every CHL instructor will be accepted. They did not know what the qualifications will be.

I did NOT get the impression that the enhanced teacher certification for instructors would be that expensive (or that long).

[ELB]

State Rep. Jason Villalba, R-Dallas, who authored House Bill 1009, the bill that approved the school marshal program, was on hand to greet the first class of 18 instructors.

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Villalba said only the principal and local police would know the identity of a campus school marshal and their handgun would be locked in a safe during school hours if they were around children for their job.

[howdy]

Notice it said school Marshall as in singular. So each school gets one with his/her gun locked in a safe. What a waste of time. I guess you can say it is a step in the right direction.

[jbarn]

Notice it said school Marshall as in singular. So each school gets one with his/her gun locked in a safe. What a waste of time. I guess you can say it is a step in the right direction.

Doe the law state each school can get just one, or are you assumimg?

[jmra]

Notice it said school Marshall as in singular. So each school gets one with his/her gun locked in a safe. What a waste of time. I guess you can say it is a step in the right direction.

Doe the law state each school can get just one, or are you assumimg?

I could be mistaken but I seem to remember it being one for every 400 students.

[howdy]

Notice it said school Marshall as in singular. So each school gets one with his/her gun locked in a safe. What a waste of time. I guess you can say it is a step in the right direction.

Doe the law state each school can get just one, or are you assumimg?

The article "
Villalba said only the principal and local police would know the identity of a campus school marshal and their handgun would be locked in a safe during school hours if they were around children for their job'

I guess I can read it either way but it sounds singular to me.

[jmra]

Notice it said school Marshall as in singular. So each school gets one with his/her gun locked in a safe. What a waste of time. I guess you can say it is a step in the right direction.

Doe the law state each school can get just one, or are you assumimg?

The article "
Villalba said only the principal and local police would know the identity of a campus school marshal and their handgun would be locked in a safe during school hours if they were around children for their job'

I guess I can read it either way but it sounds singular to me.

One per every 400 students
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83 ... 01009I.pdf
Sec.A37.0811.AASCHOOL MARSHALS. (a) The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may appoint not more than one school marshal per 400 students in average daily attendance per campus.

[The_Busy_Mom]

Not to be confused with the School Safety Certification program (Senate Bill 1857) that is supposed to be run by DPS. Still patiently waiting.

TBM

[jbarn]

Notice it said school Marshall as in singular. So each school gets one with his/her gun locked in a safe. What a waste of time. I guess you can say it is a step in the right direction.

Doe the law state each school can get just one, or are you assumimg?

The article "
Villalba said only the principal and local police would know the identity of a campus school marshal and their handgun would be locked in a safe during school hours if they were around children for their job'

I guess I can read it either way but it sounds singular to me.

The media is seldom right (how's that for a generalization? lol)

The law allows for more than one.

[RoyGBiv]

Anyone planning to attend the Keller ISD school board Candidate forum tonight?

http://www.kellerisd.net/community/comm ... il-21.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It appears that the forum will be moderated, so I'm not certain whether I'll be able to ask my question....
If not, I'll be submitting this to all candidates following the meeting.
If I am required to be brief, I plan to skip the first 4 paragraphs and start with "last session...."
Feel free to comment on content... but if anyone steals this and reads it to the meeting tonight, I'm gonna feel pretty cheated.

Dear Candidates,
I'd like to ask a question related to school safety.

It's hard to believe that just yesterday was the 15th anniversary of the shootings at Columbine. Last Wednesday was the 7-year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings. It's been nearly a year and a half since Sandy Hook. And as we know, not all school violence involves guns, as was seen in Pittsburgh just weeks ago, on April 9th , where 22 people were stabbed by one 16-year-old student carrying multiple knives.

It's long standing knowledge that schools are designated “gun free zones”. In fact, in practice, schools are “weapon free zones”. In some extreme cases, students have received suspensions for chewing a pop tart into the shape of a gun or pointing their finger and saying “bang” during recess. Absurd.

I hope it's plain to all of us that passing a law and putting up a sign does nothing to prevent school violence. Crazed minds will never be stopped by a sign. And despite the fact that Keller has an outstanding police force.... “When seconds count, the Police are only minutes away.”

Last session, the Texas State Legislature reiterated it's belief that the “weapons free zones” status quo is bad policy when it passed HB1009, the School Marshal Act. The Bill passed in the House with nearly 85% support (123 to 22 - 84.8%) and it passed the Senate with over 90% support (28-3, 90.3%) before being signed into law by Governor Perry on June 14th of last year.

Prior to HB1009, it had already been longstanding Texas law that School Boards have the authority to permit people (anyone actually, not just police officers or school employees) to carry weapons in schools. Harrold ISD became the first to do so in 2008. At least 30 Texas districts (including most recently, Argyle, just a few miles North of here on 377) now have programs to authorize and train employee volunteers to possess guns on campus. Weapons that can be used to PROTECT children, should someone decide to ignore the paper laws and plastic signs, and come to campus seeking to inflict mass harm.

Please tell us, if you are elected to the Keller ISD school board, would you advocate to implement a School Marshall Program (or some similar program) for Keller ISD, and if not, why not?

Thank you.

Respectfully,
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