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New law requires armed security at all Texas schools

A new law goes into effect Sept. 1 that requires an armed guard be stationed at every public school campus in Texas. We've spoken with dozens of local districts and some will be leaning on existing school resource officers or local police departments to help them meet the mandate. Others are contracting out the additional positions to private security companies for bigger districts.
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