Texas safety officials will begin “random intruder detection audits” of schools in September

Diagrams of doors used by the shooter at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde were displayed at the Capitol on Jun. 21 during testimony before the Senate Committee to Protect all Texans. (Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune)

This fall, Texas public schools will be subjected to random inspections to detect weak access points in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting — but a state school safety leader says these reviews will not resemble potentially traumatizing intruder simulations.

Texas School Safety Center plans to start randomly checking school buildings this September, its leaders say, with a goal of inspecting 100% of school districts and 75% of campuses across the state by the end of the school year.