Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass with amendment a bill that authorizes firearm training for teachers and school staff members, effective July 1, 2019.

Highlights:

• Amends the Indiana Safe Schools Fund to increase school safety through (Sec. 1):

• Helping teachers, school staff, and school employees acquire specialized firearms instruction; and 

• Defraying tuition related expenses for teachers, school staff, and school employees who wish to enroll in the course of specialized firearms instruction.

• Authorizes a teacher, staff member, or employee of a school to carry a firearm in or on school property (Sec. 3).

• Defines “institute” as the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (Sec. 3).

• Authorizes a teacher, staff member, or employee of a school to apply to the institute for a grant in the form and manner prescribed by the institute (Sec. 3).

• Requires that a grant provided to a teacher, school staff member, or school employee, be used to enroll them in a course of specialized firearms instruction taught by an instructor qualified to provide instruction for (Sec. 3):

• No less than one hour of general firearms safety that includes:

• Safe handling of firearms;

• Safe carrying of firearms; and

• Safe storage of firearms;

• No less than one half hour of firearms maintenance consisting of the following subtopics:

• General care of firearms;

• Basic firearm cleaning, oiling, preventative maintenance, and repair;

• No less than 24 hours on the following topics:

• Basic marksmanship training that includes a qualification standard established by the instructor;

• Scenario based training;

• No less than eight hours of dynamic gun drills, with topics consisting of:

• Shooting in high-stress environments;

• Shooting in highly populated environment;

• Shooting while moving and communicating with third parties;

• Shooting at multiple targets;

• Shooting while moving to and from cover;

• No less than one hour on the topic of firearms retention consisting of:

• Retention of a handgun while holstered;

• Retention of a handgun while drawn;

• Retention of shotguns and rifles;

• Responses to common handgun, shotgun, and rifle disarming techniques;

• No less than two hours on the topic of tactical movement and maneuvering while armed;

• No less than one hour on the legal consequence of a use of force action;

• No less than one hour on post-shooting considerations and consequences;

• No less than one hour on the topic of school shootings and active shooter incidents;

• Any other topic or remedial training deemed appropriate or necessary by the course instructor, or necessitated by the circumstances or conditions unique to a specific school, teacher or student; and 

• No less than one hour of tactical emergency medical instruction.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes firearm training for teachers and school staff members, effective July 1, 2019.

Highlights:

• Amends the Indiana Safe Schools Fund to increase school safety through (Sec. 1):

• Helping teachers, school staff, and school employees acquire specialized firearms instruction; and 

• Defraying tuition related expenses for teachers, school staff, and school employees who wish to enroll in the course of specialized firearms instruction.

• Authorizes a teacher, staff member, or employee of a school to carry a firearm in or on school property (Sec. 3).

• Defines “institute” as the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (Sec. 3).

• Authorizes a teacher, staff member, or employee of a school to apply to the institute for a grant in the form and manner prescribed by the institute (Sec. 3).

• Requires that a grant provided to a teacher, school staff member, or school employee, be used to enroll them in a course of specialized firearms instruction taught by an instructor qualified to provide instruction for (Sec. 3):

• No less than one hour of general firearms safety that includes:

• Safe handling of firearms;

• Safe carrying of firearms; and

• Safe storage of firearms;

• No less than one half hour of firearms maintenance consisting of the following subtopics:

• General care of firearms;

• Basic firearm cleaning, oiling, preventative maintenance, and repair;

• No less than 24 hours on the following topics:

• Basic marksmanship training that includes a qualification standard established by the instructor;

• Scenario based training;

• No less than eight hours of dynamic gun drills, with topics consisting of:

• Shooting in high-stress environments;

• Shooting in highly populated environment;

• Shooting while moving and communicating with third parties;

• Shooting at multiple targets;

• Shooting while moving to and from cover;

• No less than one hour on the topic of firearms retention consisting of:

• Retention of a handgun while holstered;

• Retention of a handgun while drawn;

• Retention of shotguns and rifles;

• Responses to common handgun, shotgun, and rifle disarming techniques;

• No less than two hours on the topic of tactical movement and maneuvering while armed;

• No less than one hour on the legal consequence of a use of force action;

• No less than one hour on post-shooting considerations and consequences;

• No less than one hour on the topic of school shootings and active shooter incidents;

• Any other topic or remedial training deemed appropriate or necessary by the course instructor, or necessitated by the circumstances or conditions unique to a specific school, teacher or student; and 

• No less than one hour of tactical emergency medical instruction.

Full Bill Text