Texas Schools Asking If Parents Want Their Child’s DNA Stored For Easier ID In Case Of Massacre

Texas Schools Are Asking If Parents Would Like Their Child’s DNA Stored For Easier ID In Event Of A Massacre

According to the Daily Mail, school districts throughout Texas have started handing out DNA kits to families that could help identify their kids in case of a school shooting.

Five months later, 19 students were killed inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

The kits are optional and are being handed to K-8 students to take home with them and be held onto by their parents in case of an emergency.

 

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To help identify victims in a school shooting, missing children, or trafficked children. Parents can now assist law enforcement to easily identify their child with a DNA sample.

Kenneth S. Trump, a national school security consultant, made the following statement,

‘On one hand, I see the value in saying, “Here’s a tool you can have in case of potential threats.”

“But I think we need to be very cautious about crossing the line of do no harm to the point where we are creating more anxiety.”