The South Dakota Judiciary Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 122 to the Senate floor, which could mean that guns could be carried on S.D. college campuses.
The American Association of University Professors filed a joint amicus brief in support of a legal challenge to a Texas law permitting handguns on public college and university campuses, including classrooms.
Armed and unarmed guards will be placed on shuttle buses at Texas Christian University (TCU) after one shuttle bus driver opened fire on another on campus.
The University of Texas announced it will allow concealed handguns in classrooms, but will bar them from on-campus dorm rooms, under the new state law.
Students and faculty members at public and private universities in Texas could be allowed to carry concealed handguns into classrooms, dormitories and other buildings under a bill passed by the Texas Legislature.
