by Drew Deatherage | Sep 23, 2021 | Consulting, K-12, school safety
While online learning opportunities are now better understood, this new phase of education had a rocky start. Because of the abrupt transition from in-person to online education demanded by COVID-19, schools faced a steep learning curve as they developed online and...
by Drew Deatherage | Aug 28, 2019 | Consulting, K-12, school safety
In our previous post, we explored aspects of changes from the 86th Texas Legislative session related to socio-emotional health.  We discussed most of those in the last post. Now let’s look at one additional aspect of it. Senate Bill 11 (SB 11), the flagship bill,...
by Drew Deatherage | Aug 6, 2019 | blog, K-12, school safety
In our previous post we explored aspects of changes from the 86th Texas Legislative session related to emergency preparedness. Now let’s look at changes related to socio-emotional health. Let’s explore changes to the Texas Education Code (TEC) from the 86th  Texas...
by Drew Deatherage | Aug 1, 2019 | blog, Consulting, K-12, school safety
In our previous post we explored aspects of changes from the 86th Texas Legislative session related to facility hardening and hostile events. Now let’s look at changes related to emergency preparedness. Senate Bill 11 (SB 11) Section 10 is the cornerstone of the...
by Drew Deatherage | Jul 25, 2019 | blog, K-12, school safety, Uncategorized
The 86th Texas Legislative session, which concluded in May 2019 produced a number of school safety-related bills which were signed into law by Governor Abbott.  Senate Bill 11 (SB 11) is the cornerstone bill for school safety.  There are nearly a dozen others that...
by Drew Deatherage | Jul 12, 2019 | blog, K-12, school safety
Over the next few blog posts, we will explore various aspects of what came out of the 86th Legislature related to school safety requirements in Texas public and charter schools. The 86th Texas Legislative session concluded on May 27, 2019. True to their promises, the...
