HB680 Alabama 2013 Session

Under existing law, law enforcement officers and certain persons issued a license to carry a concealed weapon are permitted to carry a deadly weapon, or firearm, on K-12 school property

This bill would authorize a local board of education to designate employees as school security personnel and would allow such persons designated as school security personnel, with certain qualifications, to carry firearms while on duty

This bill would provide that the State Department of Education must pay any costs associated with training requirements

Relating to public K-12 education; to authorize each local board of education to allow persons designated as school security personnel to carry firearms while on duty; to require that such employees have certain qualifications; to provide for the payment of costs associated with training; and to amend Section 13A-11-72, relating to who may possess weapons, to provide an exception for certain qualified school security personnel and school resource officers.