The Houston Chronicle reports:
Texas public school systems are set to distribute DNA and fingerprint identification kits for K-8 students to parents who wish to participate. The state Legislature passed a law in spring 2021 requiring the Texas Education Agency to give inkless in-home fingerprint and DNA identification cards to each public school system in Texas.
The kits will be made available at each primary-level campus. Some families found the program chilling, considering police had asked parents waiting to find out if their children were slaughtered at Robb Elementary School on May 24 to provide DNA samples to help identify the to facilitate identification of the dead.
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In the Houston Independent School District, the largest in the state, kit distribution will begin this week.https://t.co/99XM8h0U8S
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) October 17, 2022
“Caregivers are under no obligation to use the kits, but they must be informed by your institution that the available kits will allow them to have a set of their child’s fingerprints and DNA …
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) October 17, 2022
Texas Gov Greg Abbott is choosing to send DNA kits to schools that parents can use to identify their children’s bodies AFTER they’ve been murdered rather than pass gun safety laws to proactively protect their lives.
Vote @BetoORourke #txgov #txlege https://t.co/lnZQcUoNlt
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 17, 2022