No guns allowed signs are posted on doors leading into Wescoe Hall on the University of Kansas campus on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. Jayhawk Boulevard and Strong Hall are reflected in the glass.

I should start by saying that this suggestion, brought forward by some University Senate Executive Committee members, failed to gain endorsement by the full committee. But it did elicit debate during Tuesday’s committee meeting and is on the agenda to be discussed by full University Senate next week.

How far should the University of Kansas go to spread the word that concealed carry is allowed on its campus, starting July 1? And how differently should this law be treated from other laws?

The proposed resolution demanded that the KU administration inform current and potential students, faculty and staff of the law’s provisions, in the following forms:

• Official emails to students (and legal guardians for those under 18), faculty and staff describing the law and legislative actions that are underway or pending.

• Notifications on all public doorways.

• Emails and fliers to prospective students and their families “highlighting the presence of guns in dorms.”

• Notifications by all campus tour guides hosting prospective students and their families.

• Notifications to all international students and employees that federal law bars them from carrying guns.

• Notification in all offers of employment, and university job ads.

• Notifications on KU’s home page, ku.edu, “at least half as large as the largest sports banner that has been posted.”

• Weekly ads in The University Daily Kansan near page 1 and measuring at least 3-by-3 inches.

Those who argued for the resolution said it would help prevent KU from trying to hide the fact that guns are allowed on campus from prospective students, parents and faculty hires. People shouldn’t learn about it only after moving to campus, they said.

Committee members against it argued that the resolution was overreaching, its demands too specific. Student body vice-president Gabby Naylor, who is from Rhode Island, said anyone coming from out-of-state has a responsibility for knowing laws in their new homes.

“I think that that’s your responsibility to understand,” she said. “I don’t think that the school should have to tell you the law.”

In late January, the university website concealedcarry.ku.edu went live. It’s home to a host of information and additional links about the law, KU’s policy and safety recommendations. As of this week, at least, I did not see a direct link to the site on KU’s online homepage. University Senate president Joe Harrington, professor of English, said he was still waiting to hear whether KU planned to add a link to its home and admissions pages. The webpage for KU’s Office of the Provost — which created the concealed carry page — does contain a direct link.

I do know two more places that will definitely contain notification of the law, because Kansas Board of Regents Policy requires it: housing contracts and tickets for certain events. For state universities to set up metal detectors and prohibit guns at athletic or other large ticketed events, tickets must state that concealed guns won’t be allowed in.

University Senate Executive Committee wasn’t the only place people were talking about campus carry this week. It’s also come up:

• At the Regents meeting: Now, faculty senates at five of the six state universities have passed resolutions opposing campus carry, KU Faculty Senate president Pam Keller, clinical professor of law, told the board during its meeting Wednesday in Topeka. She said the sixth, Pittsburg State, is considering a similar resolution.

• At Budig Hall: About 150 people attended a campus carry informational meeting Wednesday, organized by the Office of the Provost. Questions were asked, answers were given — and not necessarily the answers all attendees wanted to hear. (See related story here.)

• At the statehouse: A Kansas House committee narrowly voted not to advance a bill that would have exempted the University of Kansas hospital complex (not the same as an academic campus, but currently affected by the same law) from the upcoming requirement to allow people to carry concealed firearms. (See related story here.)

Clarification: An earlier version of this post said the proposed notification resolution died in University Senate Executive Committee. What actually got voted down was a motion for the committee to endorse the resolution. It’ll be heard by the full Senate anyway, sans the endorsement.

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• I’m the Journal-World’s KU and higher ed reporter. See all the newspaper’s KU coverage here. Reach me by email at sshepherd@ljworld.com, by phone at 832-7187, on Twitter @saramarieshep or via Facebook at Facebook.com/SaraShepherdNews.