AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — University of Texas President Greg Fenves has approved rules that will allow concealed handgun license holders to bring their weapons into classrooms.
State law requires public universities to allow concealed handguns in classrooms and buildings starting Aug. 1, but also gives campuses some leeway to carve out gun-free zones.
The rules approved by Fenves on Wednesday were recommended by a study panel in December.
The Austin campus has been a flashpoint of protests from faculty, students and staff who want to keep guns out of classrooms. Fenves has said he doesn't want guns on campus but the school must comply with state law.
Gun-rights advocates insist the right to have weapons on campus falls under the Second Amendment, and they call it a critical self-defense measure.