The new state law, passed in the wake of Uvalde, requires armed security at every campus. A month in, how are local districts faring?SAN ANTONIO — A new Texas law that went into effect last month requires schools to have at least one armed officer at each campus, regardless of a district's size. which was introduced in response to the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde last year. One month into the mandate, we set out to see which San Antonio-area districts are in compliance.
More specifically: Out of the 19 districts we contacted, only two – Harlandale and Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISDs – hired new officers in response to HB3 in order to be compliant with the new law. Five school districts say they plan to seek an exemption with the state. Most of them are on the city's south side, in underserved neighborhoods. below, blue districts were unaffected by the new law, red districts aren’t in compliance, green districts are now in compliance and yellow districts are in compliance, but require extra context.