Texas Education Poll respondents also cited an overall satisfaction with their children's education and cited support for higher teacher pay.
Maria Snell holds her 11-year-old daughter Lily during a rally on June 4 in San Antonio to express solidarity with the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde. For the first time since the Texas Education Poll was given four years ago, school safety, including the risk of gun violence, was listed as the number one issue for parents.
With a state budget surplus of more than $33 billion, advocacy groups and school leaders are hoping for increased state investments in security, teachers and schools overall. For the first time since the survey was given four years ago, school safety, including the risk of gun violence, was listed as the number one issue for parents, according to Shari Albright, president of the Charles Butt Foundation.
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