Many Superintendents in Texas say lawmakers need to spend less time on making sure schools are safe on the outside, and more time on legislation making schools safer on the inside. In fact, they argue a 30-year-old law that’s now 140-pages long is making classrooms more dangerous. And they’re asking lawmakers to give them more leeway on how they discipline students. Wylie ISD Superintendent Dr. David Vinson explains the ask in this episode of Y’all-itics, joining the Jasons inside Wylie High School’s student-run cafeteria, The 544 Café. Guest Dr. David Vinson, Wylie ISD Superintendent 00:00 - Introduction 0:29 - Welcome to the 544 Cafe with Dr. David Vinson 5:05 - Changing a 30-year Texas law 11:25 - $1.5 million spent on 12 problem students 15:37 - Funding an unexpected problem 16:45 - Request to parents 19:06 - Student behavior management coalition 21:44 - Safer School Act/Chapter 37 addressed in Austin 22:37 - Request to lawmakers 25:34 - End goal for SSA-Chapter 37 26:00 - Are larger Texas school districts a part of the coalition? 27:21 - Effects on teacher retention 28:11 - Schools-to-prison pipeline comparisons