As Texas lawmakers have or training staff members to carry weapons, Education Commissioner Michael Williams that it鈥檚 a good discussion for lawmakers to have, but he would like to see some local discretion.
鈥淚t should be district by district,鈥� Williams said. 鈥淲e ought not from the state level impose upon districts and demand that districts provide that permission.鈥�
In the Austin school district, every high school and middle school campus already has an armed district police officer. There are rotating guards at elementary schools.
Here's Williams' interview with the Tribune:
