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pastor1 wrote:I called DPS (legal issues catagory on the phone list) and the lady said a day car facility does not count as a school public or privite. They are governed by two different state entities. Schools by the TEA and the day care by the Child Care Services Division. The key here is EDUCATIONAL FACILITY. A day care doesn't count as one of these according to my conversation.

Private schools are not regulated or governed by TEA at all. Hmmmm...

Kevin

hirundo82 wrote:But if he did have a CHL, he would be permitted to carry in the daycare facility, right? In other words, it is not defined as a school?

The problem is that nothing is defined as a school. "School" could mean K-12, or it could mean the university. It could mean beauty school, or dance lessons, or a daycare called "The Sonshine School" (there's at least one of those in every town, right?)

If you give music lessons in your home, is it a school? What about Sunday School, or VBS?

I'm afraid the Legislature will try to fix this by defining "school". What they really need to do is eliminate any restriction on legal carry in schools, and turn it into an enhancer for illegal carry.

Kevin