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The Department of Education announced Monday it had delivered $1.5 million in emergency funds to the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District following the shooting at Robb Elementary School last month.
The funding was made available to the school district through a grant from the department’s School Emergency Response to Violence program and can be used to “restore a sense of safety and security for the district’s students, teachers, staff, and families,” the department said in a press release. Such expenses include mental health services and overtime pay for school employees.
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“No community should have to experience a tragedy like this alone. While in Texas, I saw the Uvalde community come together in deep and meaningful ways to support one another and all the families who lost loved ones; and it is our turn to support them,” Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in the press release.
He continued: “In the hours and days since that tragic day, we have committed to providing the Uvalde community with every available resource they may require from the Department. Today’s release of these emergency funds is an initial step that will be followed by technical assistance and on-the-ground supports in the months and years to come.”
Cardona visited the district the week after a lone gunman killed 19 elementary school students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. The shooting has prompted a renewed call for gun control legislation among advocates who say tighter restrictions are necessary to prevent further tragedies.
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On Sunday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers announced they had reached a deal on the framework for a new gun control bill that would expand so-called “red flag laws” and require anyone buying a firearm under the age of 21 to undergo more extensive background checks.
