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by News Department on 11/15/18

Teachers file lawsuit...




Plans to arm teachers in the Tamaqua Area school district hit a roadblock Wednesday afternoon.

 Lawyers for the union representing teachers say the school's plan is illegal. Last week, the school board voted unanimously to allow some teachers and staffer to carry handguns in holsters after completing a rigorous firearms training program that would take at least two years. 

In a lawsuit filed in Schuylkill County court, the union claims Pennsylvania law allows only trained police officers to carry guns in schools. 

Tamaqua Area school officials have not responded to the lawsuit, which also claims that the Pennsylvania state legislature would have to change state laws before volunteer teachers and staffers could be trained to carry guns in school.


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