EVANSTON â Uinta County School District No. 1âs Rule CKA, which allows for approved staff to carry concealed firearms on district property, has again been ruled invalid, this time by the Wyoming Supreme Court.
The history of the districtâs rule is lengthy, contentious and complicated. Almost immediately after the Wyoming Legislatureâs passage of W.S. 21-3-132 (the enabling statute) in 2017, UCSD No. 1 trustees expressed interest in adopting a policy to allow for concealed carry of firearms by authorized personnel as part of the districtâs security plan. Following public hearings on the matter, featuring passionate pleas and testimony from those on both sides, the district adopted policy CKA initially in the spring of 2018 â the first district in the state to formally do so.