89R2229 MP-D
By: Hughes S.B. No. 674
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to instruction on hunter education for public high school
students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 28.0121 to read as follows:
Sec. 28.0121. HUNTER EDUCATION PROGRAM. (a) A school
district or open-enrollment charter school that offers a high
school program may provide to students in one or more courses
offered for high school graduation instruction on hunter education
based on the curriculum guidelines developed under Subsection (b).
(b) The State Board of Education shall develop curriculum
guidelines for hunter education. The curriculum guidelines must:
(1) be developed in cooperation with the Parks and
Wildlife Department; and
(2) meet the requirements necessary to receive a
hunter education certificate under Section 62.014(c), Parks and
Wildlife Code.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the State Board of Education shall develop the
curriculum guidelines required under Section 28.0121(b), Education
Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
school year.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.