Bill would create a minimum training commitment of 24 hours for teachers who voluntarily choose to carry guns in schools.

The bulk of the money will likely fund police positions in elementary schools a pre-pandemic investigation found that Virginia schools referred more Black students to law enforcement than any other state.

Gov. Greg Abbott has tasked the Texas School Safety Center with unannounced audits to see how quickly staff can enter a school building without being stopped.

A large majority of teachers in one western state say they would quit if they could. But elsewhere, a much smaller percentage of educators are thinking about leaving the profession.