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.

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A BILL FOR

SB1729

LRB103 25198 RJT 51539 b

1 AN ACT concerning education.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section

5 27-23.17 as follows:

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, it must develop a policy

19 to implement the course and must publish that policy on the

20 district's website.