A New York-based software company recently conducted a study that revealed that Texas ranks fourth among states when it comes to the financial burden saddled by school bomb threats. 

Houston FOX affiliate KRIV reported TDR Technology Solutions discovered that the Lone Star State logged 184 threats during the 2022-2023 school year, which translated into a loss of more than $10.3 million in taxpayer dollars.

Company head Don Beeler said “lost instructional time” is a huge factor, the station reported.

"It's no different from me hiring somebody to come and tutor my son or daughter and then having to stand outside, not tutoring my son or daughter for the hour that I paid them for,” Beeler said.

The chief executive officer (CEO) added that a threat that lasts an hour is similar to shutting a school down for half a day, with several things that could add to the situation.

"Parents are picking up their kids after you get a threat, which I completely understand," Beeler said, KRIV reported. "On the next day, if there aren't certain things that if the police don't announce at the school, the school doesn't communicate in an effective way, or if the person doing the threat hasn't been arrested, then a lot of parents keep their children home the day after a threat."

School violence has been on the minds of Texans since the fatal mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde – some 80 miles west of San Antonio – that claimed the lives of 19 students and two teachers.

Wednesday marks exactly 365 days since the tragedy, which comes some four years after a deadly shooting at Santa Fe High School just outside of Houston.

In early April, several public school districts, colleges and universities fell victim to bomb threats that turned out to be hoaxes.

KRIV reported that TRD’s findings had Florida, Virginia and Massachusetts ahead of Texas.

These states combined for approximately $44 million in losses because of bomb threats.