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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3825 Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Firearm Safety Curriculum Act. Provides that, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, each school district may include in its curriculum a unit of instruction on firearm safety and accident prevention for all students in the first grade; specifies what the course must include. Provides that each student who attends the course must be tested on the curriculum after completion of the course and must be given educational materials to take home to his or her parent or guardian. Provides that if a school district offers the course, it must provide written or electronic notice of the course to each parent or guardian of a student in first grade no later than 7 days before the course is scheduled to occur. Provides that a parent or guardian may elect, through written or electronic communication, to have his or her child not attend the course. Effective July 1, 2020.
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1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
5 | | Firearm Safety Curriculum Act.
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6 | | Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "school district" means |
7 | | any school district or charter school governed by the School |
8 | | Code.
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9 | | Section 10. Firearm safety and accident prevention course. |
10 | | (a) Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, each school |
11 | | district may include in its curriculum a unit of instruction on |
12 | | firearm safety and accident prevention for all students in the |
13 | | first grade. The unit of instruction may be offered each school |
14 | | year and, if offered, must be at least 30 minutes in duration. |
15 | | The course may be offered during recess to enable students who |
16 | | are not participating in the course to leave the classroom. |
17 | | (b) If a school district offers a unit of instruction under |
18 | | this Section, the course must be taught by an instructor |
19 | | certified under Section 80 of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act |
20 | | and licensed under Article 21B of the School Code. The unit of |
21 | | instruction must include all of the following: |
22 | | (1) The proper steps a student must take upon |