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Coverage dated October 18, 2022

Texas Schools Send Parents DNA Kits to Identify Their Kids’ Bodies in Emergencies

Headline from NBC New York

After the mass shooting in Uvalde, the kits are making many parents feel even more anxious about sending their children to school.

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  1. The Guardian

    Texas students to get ID kits to identify children’s bodies in emergencies (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Parents express frustration that the state seems to be preparing for child deaths without addressing gun control

  2. NBC New York

    Texas Schools Send Parents DNA Kits to Identify Their Kids’ Bodies in Emergencies (opens NBC New York)

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    NBC New York's feed description

    After the mass shooting in Uvalde, the kits are making many parents feel even more anxious about sending their children to school.

  3. PoliticusUSA

    Greg Abbott's Solution To School Shootings: Send DNA Kits Home to Parents to ID Their Kids' Bodies (opens PoliticusUSA)

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    PoliticusUSA's feed description

    In Greg Abbott's Republican Texas, public schools sent kids home with a DNA kit so their parents could identify them after a mass shooting or other emergency.

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