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Arkansas Code Title 6. Education § 6-16-153. Hunting safety course

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A public school or public school district may offer to its public school students in grades five through twelve (5-12) a hunting safety course as part of the public school's or public school district's physical education and health and safety curriculum.

(b) A hunting safety course offered as part of the physical education and health and safety curriculum by a public school or public school district shall:

(1) Be based on the hunter training and safety program offered by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission under § 15-43-238; and

(2) Be taught by an individual who meets the qualifications the commission requires individuals to meet in order to teach a hunting training and safety program offered by the commission.

(c)(1) A public school or public school district that offers a hunting safety course under this section may use an operable firearm as part of the hunting safety course.

(2) A “firearm” under subdivision (c)(1) of this section means the same as defined in § 5-1-102.

(d) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall provide a list of source materials available for public schools and public school districts to use to teach a hunting safety course under this section, which may include without limitation the following topics:

(1) Firearm safety;

(2) The proper handling of a firearm;

(3) Hunting techniques; and

(4) Wildlife conservation.

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