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Tulia ISD board adopts local policy (CKE) allowing board-authorized individuals to carry firearms under Texas law
Summary
The board voted unanimously to delete CKEA(LOCAL) and adopt CKE(LOCAL), a change described in the minutes as authorizing certain individuals under Texas Penal Code Section 46.03 to possess and use firearms on school property and at school events.
The Tulia ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously Oct. 24 to delete board policy CKEA (LOCAL) and adopt CKE (LOCAL) in the form presented. District minutes record the policy language as "thereby allowing and providing certain individuals to be authorized by the Board under Texas Penal Code Section 46.03 to possess and use a firearm on school property and at school-sponsored or school-related events on school property to protect students, staff, and others permitted by law."
Superintendent Dixie Johnson addressed the board on the policy changes prior to the motion. The action was recorded as "Motion by Kacy Quinton, seconded by Nicole Gore" and the vote was unanimous. The minutes do not list which, if any, individuals were authorized at the meeting nor the implementation timeline; they record only that the board adopted the new local policy language and the statutory citation.
