The program allowing staff members to carry weapons in schools was authorized by the legislature in 2013.
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School marshal trainees go through a simulation of an active shooting at an elementary school in Pflugerville last week.
From KUT:
The number of public school staff members that are armed as part of the school marshal program in Texas is set to more than double as the new school year begins. The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, which oversees the school marshal program, says there could soon be as many as 165 appointed school marshals.
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