Session of 2023
SENATE BILL No. 116
By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
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AN ACT concerning education; relating to firearms; standardizing firearm
safety education training programs in school districts.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) For the purposes of promoting the safety and protection
of students and emphasizing how students should respond when
encountering a firearm, the board of education of a school district may
provide firearm safety education programs. The state board of education
shall establish curriculum guidelines for a standardized firearm safety
education program. Such guidelines shall include, but not be limited to,
accident prevention and, for students enrolled in:
(1) Kindergarten and grades one through five, shall be based on the
eddie eagle gunsafe program offered by the national rifle association or
any successor program;
(2) grades six through eight, shall be based on the eddie eagle gunsafe
program offered by the national rifle association or any successor program
or the hunter education in our schools program offered by the Kansas
department of wildlife and parks or any successor program; and
(3) grades nine through 12, shall be based on the hunter education in
our schools program offered by the Kansas department of wildlife and
parks or any successor program.
(b) If a board of education elects to provide firearm safety education,
such instruction shall be in accordance with the guidelines established by
the state board of education and shall be offered to ensure that all students
are provided the opportunity to take the course.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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