Synopsis
This amendment provides that probation and parole officers and certain employees of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families may carry a firearm within a Safe School and Recreation Zone while acting within their official capacity. This amendment also clarifies the definition of “Safe School and Recreation Zone and firearm to include BB guns. Finally, this amendment provides that a student who possesses a firearm in a Safe School and Recreation Zone shall be expelled for a period of not less than 180 days, but the local school board or charter school board of directors, may on a case-by-case basis, modify the terms of the expulsion to less than 180 days.