Houston ISD Approves $2 Million Funding for More Firearms, Shields for District Police in Wake of Mass Shootings

School children wearing masks walk outside Condit Elementary School in Bellaire, outside Houston, Texas, on Dec. 16, 2020. Francois Picard/AFP via Getty Images

Houston Independent School District (ISD) trustees on Aug. 11 passed a motion that will allow $2 million in funding for more firearms and shields for the district police.

The decision comes after Superintendent Millard House II said last week that the district was not prepared to handle an active shooter attack with its current equipment.