Laramie County School District #1 adopts firearms-on-school-property rule with training, medical-care amendment

The Laramie County School District #1 Board of Trustees on a 4–2 vote adopted a district rule setting requirements for employees and volunteers who choose to carry concealed firearms on school property, including training minimums drawn from state law and an amendment requiring certified training in immediate life‑saving medical care.

The rule, titled “Board Policies, Chapter 3, Section 8, Rule Governing Firearms on School District Property,” was introduced as a single item of new business at a special board meeting called to address the state law that takes effect the following day. After several hours of discussion, trustees approved the rule as amended.

The adopted rule incorporates the training floor specified in the state statute — an initial curriculum that includes live‑fire, scenario‑based and recurrent training — and was amended during the meeting to require that the training also include certified instruction in immediate life‑saving medical care.

Trustees and district staff framed the vote as a choice between adopting a policy that imposes training requirements for employees and volunteers who opt into concealed carry, or leaving no policy in place at all and thereby allowing anyone with a…