Texas High School Students Won't Graduate Unless They Watch Video On How to Interact with Police
CNN/Stylemagazine.com Newswire | 10/19/2018, 1:18 p.m.
Starting this school year, English, history and math, are not the only classes required to graduate high school in Texas. A new state law requires students in grades nine through 12 to receive a class, paired with a 16-minute video, that aims to teach them how to deal with law enforcement during a traffic stop. Known as the Community Safety Education Act, Senate Bill 30 was assigned into law by the 85th Texas Legislature to help ease tensions between police and students in the wake of multiple shootings by police of unarmed citizens that have taken place across the United States in recent years. The video, first published in September, begins with West explaining what officials plan to achieve with the bill. After the introduction, the video shows a re-enactment of students being pulled over for speeding and the officers explaining to them what to do next. The re-enactment is followed by different students asking questions about what to do if they have to deal with law enforcement, with officers answering those questions.
