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After deadly Texas shooting, governor sets plan to make schools safer

Santa Fe school shooting

A woman prays in the grass outside the Alamo Gym where parents wait to reunite with their kids following a shooting at Santa Fe High School Friday, May 18, 2018, in Santa Fe, Texas. (Photo by MICHAEL CIAGLO / Houston Chronicle via AP)

DALLAS — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is set to reveal his plan to improve school safety in the aftermath of the deadly shooting at a high school near Houston this month.

Abbott will unveil the plan Wednesday morning at a news conference at Dallas school district headquarters. Last week — just days after the shooting at Santa Fe High School that killed 10 — Abbott held meetings in Austin with a variety of people to help come up with a plan.

Included in the talks were officials from school districts, gun-rights advocates, gun control groups and survivors of shootings.

The Republican governor has been a staunch supporter of gun rights, and there has been little mention of any new weapons restrictions in Texas.

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