Texas school district to let teachers carry guns

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district's superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said appeared to be a first in the United States.

board of the small rural Harrold Independent School District unanimously approved the plan and parents have not objected

110 students 150 miles northwest of Fort Worth, may be the first to let teachers bring guns to the classroom.

a matter of safety

Teachers who wish to bring guns will have to be certified to carry a concealed handgun in Texas and get crisis training and permission from school officials

Recent school shootings in the United States have prompted some calls for school officials to allow students and teachers to carry legally concealed weapons into classrooms

Texas bars guns at schools without the school's permission