H-1242

   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 and, if adopted by a school district, would satisfy the school district’s responsibilities under section 279.50B.
   b.  School districts are encouraged to implement the model program for pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade six developed pursuant to paragraph “a”.
   Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  279.50B  Firearm safety instruction.
   Each public school district shall offer or make available an approved firearm safety instruction course to all students enrolled in grades seven through twelve residing in the school district or students enrolled in grades seven through twelve attending a nonpublic school in the district. An instructor for an approved firearm safety instruction course is not required to be a teacher licensed by the board of educational examiners. 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 section 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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