CO School District Threatens Charter School Over Armed Staff

By Tom Knighton

Since I have kids, one area of politics I’ve spent some time with is education policy. The truth is, education is a bit of a trainwreck in this country. However, one of the better ideas lately has been the concept of charter schools. These are publicly funded schools that operate more like private schools. That’s an oversimplified description, to be sure, but charter schools are an interesting leap forward for the educational system.

Many school boards don’t like charter schools, though, because not only do they pull students from the more traditional public schools but they also are independently run. They don’t answer to the school boards in quite the same way other public schools do.

What does any of this have to do with the Second Amendment?

Well, it seems that in Colorado, there’s a provision of state law that allows schools to have armed staff. A charter school in the state has opted to do just that. Now, a school board wants to shut that charter school down because they’re doing something they’re allowed to do under state law.

Last week during the second “Interim School Safety Committee” hearing at the Colorado State Capitol …Read the Rest

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