Last week the Kansas House approved a measure that would let school districts designate employees who could carry concealed firearms inside their buildings.

In January, the school board in Emporia voted to have their school resources officers carry guns. Those school security officers have been working with Police in highly publicized active shooter training.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defines an Active Shooter as an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area.

Because of the action by their school board, Emporia has made news. But Law Enforcement in Hays has had similar training.

Lt. Brandon Wright told Hays Post in an email, “The Hays Police Department has conducted Active Shooter training in local schools in the past, and we have ongoing plans to do so in the future as well.”