HB1758 Summary

• Establishes a State Board of Education grant program to fund armed security in schools and provide training grants for teachers to obtain concealed carry licenses under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.

• Allows full-time teachers, professors, or administrators at public or private schools and colleges/universities with valid concealed carry licenses and school board designation as "school or college protection officers" to carry concealed firearms in school buildings, classrooms, and campus facilities.

• Exempts designated school and college protection officers from the unlawful use of weapons offense for carrying concealed pistols, revolvers, or handguns in school buildings, real property, parking areas, and campus facilities where they are employed.

• Permits colleges and universities to maintain policies regarding firearms in vehicles, discipline, firearm storage, and designated parking areas, and allows firearms for military science and law enforcement training programs.

• Takes effect immediately upon becoming law.