School leaders have said they don’t tolerate racism and that they regularly train teachers how to deal with bullying. But parents say inaction by officials tells a different story.

The change comes after some parents packed a late October meeting to berate the district over LGBTQ+-friendly and sex-positive literature in its school libraries and what they deemed a bullying atmosphere for conservative-leaning or Christian students and their families.

Say Something Anonymous Reporting System, created by the Sandy Hook Promise, is used by Dallas and about a dozen other districts in Texas. STOPit, another common vendor, is used by schools in roughly 300 districts across the state including Arlington, Frisco, Denton and Grand Prairie.

The family of a Black fifth grader in Utah who died by suicide last year plans to file a $14 million lawsuit against her school, arguing that an inadequate response to reports of her being bullied over her race and disabilities led to her death.