H-1208

   Amend  the amendment, H-1206, to House File 654, as follows:
   1.  Page 3, after line 7 by inserting: 
<DIVISION ___
FIREARM SAFETY INSTRUCTION PROGRAM IN SCHOOLS

   Sec. ___.  Section 256.9, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  66.  a.  By July 1, 2024, develop and distribute to all school districts an age-appropriate model program for firearm safety instruction for pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve. The model program for pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade six shall be based on the eddie eagle gunsafe program developed by the national rifle association. The model program for pupils enrolled in grades seven through twelve shall be based on the hunter education course developed by the national rifle association.
   b.  School districts are encouraged to implement the model program for pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade six developed pursuant to paragraph “a”.
   Sec. ___.  Section 256.11, subsection 4, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  a.  The following shall be taught in grades seven and eight:  English-language arts; social studies; mathematics; science; health; age-appropriate and research-based human growth and development; career exploration and development; physical education; music; and visual art; and, commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2024, firearm safety instruction. Computer science instruction incorporating the standards established under section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (4), shall be offered in at least one grade level commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2023. Career exploration and development shall be designed so that students are appropriately prepared to create an individual career and academic plan pursuant to section 279.61, incorporate foundational career and technical education concepts aligned with the six career and technical education service areas as defined in  subsection 5, paragraph “h”, and incorporate relevant twenty-first century skills. The health curriculum shall include age-appropriate and research-based information regarding the characteristics of sexually transmitted diseases, including HPV and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV, and acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The state board as part of accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum definitions for implementing the program in grades seven and eight. However, this subsection shall not apply to the teaching of career exploration and development in nonpublic schools.
   b.  Firearm safety instruction shall be based on the model program developed pursuant to section 256.9, subsection 66, paragraph “a”. Courses may be offered at sites other than at the public school, including nonpublic school facilities within the public school districts. An approved course offered during the summer months, on Saturdays, after regular school hours during the regular terms or partly in one term or summer vacation period and partly in the succeeding term or summer vacation period, as the case may be, shall satisfy the requirements of this paragraph to the same extent as an approved course offered during the regular school hours of the school term. 
   c.  For purposes of this section, “age-appropriate”, “HPV”, and “research-based” mean the same as defined in section 279.50.
   Sec. ___.  Section 256.11, subsection 5, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  m.  One-half unit of firearm safety instruction commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2024. The one-half unit of hunter education shall be based on the model program developed pursuant to section 256.9, subsection 66, paragraph “a”. Courses may be offered at sites other than at the public school, including nonpublic school facilities within the public school districts. An approved course offered during the summer months, on Saturdays, after regular school hours during the regular terms or partly in one term or summer vacation period and partly in the succeeding term or summer vacation period, as the case may be, shall satisfy the requirements of this paragraph to the same extent as an approved course offered during the regular school hours of the school term.>
   2.  Page 9, after line 24 by inserting: 
   <___.  Title page, by striking line 2 and inserting <of and educational programs about weapons, and>>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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