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2/3/2021 NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT NEW RULES:  CKA, AND ATTACHMENTS

NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT NEW RULES:  CKA, AND ATTACHMENTS, CKA R-1, CKA R-2, CKA R-3, and CKA R-4, AUTHORIZING DISTRICT PERSONNEL TO CONCEAL CARRY A FIREARM ON DISTRICT PROPERTY PURSUANT TO W.S. §21-3-132

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

            NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of Uinta County School District Number One (“The District”), State of Wyoming, in Evanston, Wyoming (“District”), intends to adopt new Rules:  CKA and its attachments, CKA R-1, CKA R-2, CKA R-3, and CKA R-4, School Safety and Security Rule, Firearms:  Personnel Authorized to Carry.  Rule CKA and its attachments, CKA R-1, CKA R-2, CKA R-3, and CKA R-4, allow employees to carry firearms on or in property or facilities owned or leased by Uinta County School District Number One, subject to the terms, conditions and limitations prescribed by state law, federal law, CKA, and the attachments to CKA.

The date of public notice is February 3, 2021.  The comment period has been extended until June 1, 2021.  The name and contact information of the contact person for Uinta County School District Number One is Ryan Thomas, 537 10th Street, PO Box 6002, Evanston, WY 82931, (307) 789-7571. This is also the contact information for the District.

CKA and its attachments, CKA R-1, CKA R-2, CKA R-3, and CKA R-4, are proposed as new rules not amendments to existing rules.  Rule CKA and its attachments, CKA R-1, CKA R-2, CKA R-3, and CKA R-4, are authorized by W.S. §21-3-132, Possession of Firearms on School Property - 2017 Session Laws, Chapter 209, “School Safety and Security,” Original House Bill No. 194.  The District has prepared a copy of the proposed rules using the “strike and underline” method in which all proposed additions are underlined and strike-through items are proposed deletions.  Since the proposed rules are all additions, every word is underlined as an addition.  There are no strike-through items.  

The District has prepared a statement setting forth the principal reasons for the adoption of Rule CKA and its attachments, CKA R-1, CKA R-2, CKA R-3, and CKA R-4, containing the substance or terms of the proposed rules and the basis and purpose of the proposed rules.

These rules are not created to comply with federal law or regulatory requirements.  The proposed rules EXCEED the minimum substantive state statutory requirements of W.S. §21-3-132.  The District has prepared a statement explaining the reasons why the rule exceeds minimum substantive state statutory requirements.

The District has evaluated the rules in accordance with W.S. §9-5-304, and attached a copy of that evaluation to the copy of the proposed rules.   

            A copy of the proposed rules the Board intends to adopt; a strike and underscore copy of the proposed rules the Board intends to adopt; the statement setting forth the principal reasons for the adoption of these rules; a statement explaining the reasons why the rule exceeds minimum substantive state statutory requirements; a copy of the evaluation of the proposed rules in accordance with W.S. § 9-5-304; a copy of W.S. §21-3-132, a copy of W.S. §16-3-101 through §16-3-106, and all documents referenced herein may be obtained as follows: 

  1. On the internet, go to the URL: uinta1.com, Click on Board tab, go to CKA “Conceal Carry” Information & Comments: OR copy and paste following URL: http://www.uinta1.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1446999&type=d&pREC_ID=2141404
  2. Uinta County School District Number One Administrative Office, 537 10th Street, Evanston, Wyoming 82930, (307) 789-7571 during regular business hours;
  3. the Uinta County Clerk,as registrar of rules, 225 9th St, Evanston, WY 82930;
  4. or by mailing a written request to the District at P.O. Box 6002, Evanston, Wyoming 82931, which request will include a self-addressed stamped envelope with sufficient postage to cover the cost of mailing a copy of the rules to the person who requested them.

 

Interested persons may present data, views or arguments regarding this intended action as follows:
  1. Mailing or hand delivering written comments to Ryan Thomas at the District Administration Building, 537 10th Street, Evanston, Wyoming 82930, (307) 789-7571, clearly marked on the outside of the envelope “Comments - Proposed Rules CKA;”
  2. Filling out the online form located by clicking the following:  Comment Survey
  3. Or by email to the following email address: [email protected].
 
Written submissions of data, views or arguments regarding this intended action shall be signed by the person who submits them, and must be received in the District Administrative Office no later than 4:00 p.m. on June 1, 2021, the final day of the comment period.
 
Interested persons may present data, views or arguments regarding this intended action orally at a public hearing to be held on March 30, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. The hearing will be held in the Board meeting room in the District Administration Building located at 537 10th Street, Evanston, Wyoming 82930.
 
A public hearing will be held if requested by 25 persons, a government subdivision, or by an association having not less than 25 members. Requests for a public hearing may be submitted electronically to [email protected], or in writing to P.O. Box 6002, Evanston, Wyoming 82931.
 
Any person may urge Uinta County School District Number One not to adopt the rules and request Uinta County School District Number One to state its reasons for overruling the consideration urged against adoption. Requests for an agency response must be made prior to, or within thirty (30) days, after adoption of the rule electronically to [email protected], or in writing to P.O. Box 6002, Evanston, Wyoming 82931.
 
The Board of Trustees will consider all written and oral submissions with respect to the adoption of the proposed rules.

           

The Board intends to act to adopt these rules at the first regularly scheduled Board meeting that takes place after the expiration of the comment period, the public hearing, and after the Board has considered all written and oral submissions with respect to the adoption of the proposed rules.

 

            Dated this                day of                                                  , 2021.

 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Uinta County School District Number One                                                                                      

537 10th Street, P.O. Box 6002                                                                                                          

Evanston, Wyoming 82931

 

 

 

Click on the following link to view the Hard Copy Comments:
Hard Copy Comments