TexasCHLforum.com

Good to hear, hopefully TAMU follows the same idea when they publish their draft rules! I've asked to see if the draft rules will be available from UNT, and unfortunately they will not be published before being sent to the President. I hope they are published after that and before a final vote by the BOR...

I agree on all counts Charles. The way I understand it, if the Regents override a portion or all of a policy, they are the final say so on what will be enacted. I'm worried that this is a group of people picking a fight that will drag on for some time. I plan on writing my reps this evening urging them to support any efforts in 2017 to tighten restrictions on what types of policies can be put in place, as well as any attempts to clarify the intent of the law.

I think everyone who can read should be able to understand the legislative intent of the law as written, as well as the spirit of the law, and to have a representative saying the opposite, and casting confusion into the subject, is quite unnerving to me.
TJB

http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/a ... 591939.php

Seems like there is an effort, at least by some, to try and push the envelope on the intention of this law. (This is not news to anyone here, I am sure) Personally, I think this section sums it up:

The president or officer may not establish provisions that generally prohibit or have the effect of generally prohibiting license holders from carrying concealed handguns on the campus of the institution.

But there are others who think along these lines:
"More and more campus and system leaders now agree the law is written vaguely enough to give presidents the ability to ban guns in classrooms or dormitories."

I will say that currently I do not feel like this is the case on my campus, it seems so far that they (the campus carry task force) are going to attempt to write a policy that upholds the spirit of the law. It's been said in most, if not all, of the town hall meetings that I have gone to that banning all classrooms or all offices would nullify the law, and therefore is off the table. I sincerely hope that my feelings on that matter are not incorrect.

TJB