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2020 SESSION
SB 129 Public schools; firearm safety education program.
Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Public schools; firearm safety education program. Requires local school boards to provide firearm safety education programs for students in all grades. The bill requires (i) the Board of Education to establish curriculum guidelines for the program, in consultation with the Department of Criminal Justice Services; (ii) school boards to offer a minimum of two hours of instruction consistent with such guidelines; and (iii) that the program be taught by a school resource officer, other law-enforcement officer, or a United States Armed Forces instructor. The bill prohibits the use of firearms in the program. Current law allows local school boards to provide a firearm safety education program for students in the elementary grades and does not specify who may instruct such program.
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HISTORY
- 12/17/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102684D
- 12/17/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/09/20 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/30/20 Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)