Bullard ISD receives $950k grant to keep their facilities safe

Nayeli Carrillo
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BULLARD, Texas (KETK) — Bullard ISD earned a $950,000 security grant from the Texas Education Agency to be put toward keeping students and staff safe.

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Bullard ISD said the funds will be used to add more fencing and replace old doors. The district clarified they will also install security cameras outside to visually verify an individual prior to allowing them to enter.

Due to the new school and safety law passed in Austin, districts now have to meet stiffer security requirements, including the mandate that requires all campuses to have at least one armed guard.

“We’re here to keep the students and the staff safe, that’s our primary job here,” Chief of Police for Bullard ISD Pat Hendrix said. “We are a police department but our main job, we’re not here to police the students or the faculty, we are here to protect them.”

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