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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3195 Introduced 2/6/2024, by Sen. Neil Anderson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may offer a firearm safety training course to students in grades 9 through 12, which may include instruction on hunting safety. Provides that if a school district offers the course, a student may not be required to take the course. Provides that if a school board intends to offer a firearm safety training course, then the school board must develop a policy to implement the course and must publish that policy on the district's website. |
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| | SB3195 | | LRB103 37962 RJT 68094 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 27-23.17 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-23.17 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 27-23.17. Firearm safety training course. |
| 8 | | (a) In this Section, "firearm" and "firearm ammunition" |
| 9 | | have the meanings given to those terms under Section 1.1 of the |
| 10 | | Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. |
| 11 | | (b) A school district may offer a firearm safety training |
| 12 | | course to students in grades 9 through 12, which may include |
| 13 | | instruction on hunting safety. If a school district offers the |
| 14 | | course, a student may not be required to take the course. Any |
| 15 | | firearm that is operable or any firearm ammunition that is |
| 16 | | live may not be present during the course instruction. |
| 17 | | (c) If a school board intends to offer a firearm safety |
| 18 | | training course under this Section, then the school board must |
| 19 | | develop a policy to implement the course and must publish that |
| 20 | | policy on the district's website. |