Texas public schools will send kids home with DNA kits to help parents identify their children's bodies in emergencies like the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas.
According to NBC News and The Washington Post, the state passed a law last year that required the Texas Education Agency to “provide identification kits to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools for distribution to the parent or legal custodian of certain students.”
The distribution of the kits comes months after 19 children and two teachers were killed at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school. The rollout of the kits has angered some parents, teachers and advocates of gun control, The Post reported. The Houston Chronicle reported that distribution for the kits at the state's largest school district, Houston Independent School District, would start this week.
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