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Bill to allow armed teachers stalls in state senate

The chairman of the Oklahoma Senate Education Committee says he has no plans to give a hearing to a bill that would allow trained teachers to carry guns in public schools.

Sen. John Ford (R-Bartlesville) told the Associated Press Monday his committee will not take up the bill this session.

The measure passed in the House by a vote of 68-23.

Ford hasn't offered an explanation for his decision.

The deadline for the bill to have  a hearing in a Senate committee is this week.

It could potentially be heard by a different committee, but Ford says that's unlikely.

The measure would have authorized the state's school districts to allow trained teachers to carry firearms in public school classrooms.

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