Rep. Pace proposes the following amendment (LC-3360.CM0001H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X. Section 16-23-430(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, except state, county, or municipal law enforcement officers or ;school personnel authorized by school officials,; and persons authorized to carry a concealed weapon pursuant to Article 4, Chapter 31, Title 23, to carry on his person, while on any elementary or secondary school property, a knife, with a blade over two inches long, a blackjack, a metal pipe or pole, firearms, or any other type of weapon, device, or object which may be used to inflict bodily injury or death.

School officials may:

(1) allow school personnel or concealed weapon permit holders to carry on their person a weapon on school property;

(2) require additional weapons training before authorizing school personnel or concealed weapon permit holders to carry on their person a weapon on school property; or

(3) prohibit school personnel or concealed weapon permit holders from carrying on their person a weapon on school property.

The Center for School Safety and Violence shall promulgate regulations for training school district staff members who carry a firearm.