The University of Texas at Austin’s president on Wednesday finalized a task force’s recommendations for
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The University of Texas at Austin’s president on Wednesday finalized a task force’s recommendations for carrying out a new campus-carry law that has drawn widespread criticism from faculty members.
The president’s plan, like the task force’s proposals, largely bans concealed firearms from on-campus dormitories and prohibits them from being carried in laboratories where their presence could be especially dangerous. But the plan does not exclude concealed guns from classrooms, a proposal that has left many faculty members wary.
Gregory L. Fenves, the president, suggested that adopting such a provision would have violated the law’s intent.
“Under the law, I cannot adopt a policy that has the general effect of excluding licensed concealed handguns from campus,” he said in a written statement. “I agree with the working group that a classroom exclusion would have this effect.”
The law will take effect on August 1. The university system’s Board of Regents can amend the campus’s rules within 90 days with a two-thirds vote, the university said.
