According to Firearm Chronicles
A bill to allow staff and teachers in public schools to carry with an enhanced firearms permit died in a Senate committee on Friday after a narrow 5-4 vote to scuttle the legislation.
Supporters of the bill want districts to have the flexibility to have armed school staff, particularly in rural locations where law enforcement response time may be a half-hour or longer, but opponents of the measure said that the training requirements for the enhanced carry license weren’t strong enough for their liking
Idaho Sheriff’s Association Executive Director Vaughn Killeen testified against the bill last week. He said the one-day class for enhanced concealed carry permits is insufficient to carry on school grounds. “If you have an untrained teacher, sometimes that person can be just as dangerous as someone else in a setting like that,” he said.
The bill failed 5 to 4. All three Republican members who opposed the bill cited the training concern. Meanwhile, GOP committee members sent a bill to expand permitless concealed carry rights to out of staters to the Senate floor on a party-line vote.
Training standards for armed school staff vary from state to state, and in many cases it’s left up to the school district to decide what training should be required. In Utah, only a concealed carry license is necessary, while in Ohio, the FASTER training program has put thousands of educators through multiple days of training, including firearms instruction, simulations, first aid, de-escalation techniques, and more.