TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Barry Kolar on Nov 22, 2023

More than 300 new school resource officers (SROs) have been placed in schools across Tennessee since lawmakers approved $230 million for every public school to have SROs following the deadly shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, the Tennessean reports. The legislation also provided money for Homeland Security agents to be placed in each county to coordinate school security measures and to fund new security equipment at public and non-public schools.