Tennessee lawmakers have made the decision to earmark more than $230 million to strengthen security measures at public and private schools.”Our school resource officers are vital to what we do in our school district,” said Annette Tudor, Director of Schools, Bristol Tennessee City Schools. “Primarily, and the most obvious piece of that, is keeping our students and staff as safe as possible.” Safety and security remains a talking point this new school year, with Gov. Bill Lee saying it’s his goal to have a school resource officer in every Tennessee public school building.