LITTLE ROCK, AR – A state board has dealt another blow to a controversial gun program at a Johnson County school district.
The Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies decided this morning to suspend registration of school districts with security guard licenses for 60 days.
The board said the registrations were a “danger to health, safety and welfare of the public.”
The action affects the Clarksville School District (CSD), which had been preparing a school security plan to arm teachers and other staff members this Fall.
The Clarksville School District is one of 13 districts that were given licenses by the board which designated them as private security firms.
The CSD was using the license to train some administrators, teachers and staff to work as volunteer security guards carrying concealed handguns.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said on August 2 that the Clarksville program violates state laws. Despite the ruling, Clarksville Schools’ Superintendent David Hopkins had defended his plan.
The Private Investigators Board will hold a meeting in September that will allow school district officials to appear before the panel and voice their concerns about today’s action.
The Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies decided this morning to suspend registration of school districts with security guard licenses for 60 days.
The board said the registrations were a “danger to health, safety and welfare of the public.”
The action affects the Clarksville School District (CSD), which had been preparing a school security plan to arm teachers and other staff members this Fall.
The Clarksville School District is one of 13 districts that were given licenses by the board which designated them as private security firms.
The CSD was using the license to train some administrators, teachers and staff to work as volunteer security guards carrying concealed handguns.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said on August 2 that the Clarksville program violates state laws. Despite the ruling, Clarksville Schools’ Superintendent David Hopkins had defended his plan.
The Private Investigators Board will hold a meeting in September that will allow school district officials to appear before the panel and voice their concerns about today’s action.