By the way, Dan, what ever happened to that property tax relief.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls for spending $50 million to buy bulletproof shields for school police.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called on state leaders Friday to move around $50 million in the state budget to buy bulletproof shields for school police officers following a mass shooting last month at an elementary school in Uvalde where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers.
“I am asking the Speaker of the House to join the Senate members of the Legislative Budget Board and me next week in a budget execution letter to move $50 million to either the Governor’s Office or Department of Public Safety (DPS) to begin buying these bulletproof shields as soon as possible so every member of school law enforcement has one,” Patrick said in a statement Friday afternoon. “This will begin the funding necessary to eventually provide bulletproof shields to all law enforcement.”
https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2022/06/03/lt-gov-dan-patrick-calls-for-spending-50-million-to-buy-bulletproof-shields-for-school-police/