Req. No. 9320 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (202 2) HOUSE BILL 3662 By: Sterling AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to schools; authorizing school district to offer hunter safety elective course to high school students; setting minimum requirements for course materials and instructor; permitting State Board of Education to coordinate wi th the Department of Wildlife Conservation to promulgate rules; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-103.15 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. A school district may offer to students in gra des nine through twelve an elective course on hunter s afety. B. A hunter safety elective course offered pursuant to this section shall be: 1. Based on the hunter education program offered by the Department of Wildlife Conservation pursuant to Section 4 -112A of Title 29 of the Oklahoma Sta tutes; and Req. No. 9320 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2. Taught by an instructor who meets the qualifi cations required by the Department for a certified hunter education instructor. C. The State Board of Education may coo rdinate with the Department of Wildlife Conservation to promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective Novembe r 1, 2022. 58-2-9320 EK 12/28/21