SB1729 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1729

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Neil Anderson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/27-23.17 new

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, it must develop a policy to implement the course and must publish that policy on the district's website.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 27-23.17 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/27-23.17 new)

Sec. 27-23.17. Firearm safety training course.

(a) In this Section "firearm" and "firearm ammunition" have the meanings given to those terms under Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.

(b) A school district may offer a firearm safety training course to students in grades 9 through 12, which may include instruction on hunting safety. If a school district offers the course, a student may not be required to take the course. Any firearm that is operable or any firearm ammunition that is live may not be present during the course instruction.

(c) If a school board intends to offer a firearm safety training course under this Section, it must develop a policy to implement the course and must publish that policy on the district's website.