Iowa House Republicans advanced a bill that would allow teachers to be armed on school grounds after a panel of Iowa lawmakers heard testimony on the bill on Monday. House Study Bill 675 addresses school safety by creating a new permit to allow a school employee to carry a firearm on school grounds upon completion.
Several school staff and law enforcement members spoke Monday in support of a bill providing more funding and training requirements for school law enforcement and staff carrying firearms at Iowa
The three-person Iowa House Public Safety Committee advanced a bill on Monday that would protect Iowa school teachers and staff who carry guns from legal action under qualified immunity. The legislation was introduced just weeks after the Perry High School shooting, in which Dylan Butler, a 17-year-old Perry student, fatally shot Ahmir Jolliff, an 11-year-old
Several school staff and law enforcement members spoke Monday in support of a bill providing more funding and training requirements for school law enforcement and staff carrying firearms at Iowa