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Beginning the next school year, students in sixth through 12th grade will be required to use clear or mesh backpacks, [the Dallas Independent School District, the second largest in the state] announced. Other bags won’t be allowed. The district said it will distribute free clear backpacks.
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[Dallas ISD said] that the decision came from safety recommendations from internal safety task forces and feedback from students and parents. “We acknowledge that clear or mesh backpacks alone will not eliminate safety concerns [...] This is merely one of several steps in the district’s comprehensive plan to better ensure student and staff safety.”
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While there is no official count of how many schools have had similar policies, said [Jaclyn Schildkraut, an associate professor of criminal justice], they’re rarely in place for longer than a year or two. Michael Dorn, executive director of Safe Havens International Inc., a global nonprofit school safety center, said these requirements are “largely ineffective” because of how easy it is to conceal weapons, even in clear backpacks.