Idaho Statutes Title 33. Education § 33-1628. Firearms safety education in primary and secondary schools

(1) The board of trustees of a school district is encouraged to establish and maintain a firearms safety education course for primary and secondary school students. The trustees may adopt an elective course of instruction developed by the department of fish and game, a law enforcement agency, or a national firearms association as its firearms safety education course. Instructors from the department of fish and game, a law enforcement agency or a national firearms association, or a person recognized by the trustees as having expertise in firearms safety education may provide the course instruction.

(2) There is hereby created in the state treasury the firearms safety grant fund, to which shall be credited all moneys both public and private that may be appropriated, allocated, donated, distributed to, or otherwise provided for by law, including moneys distributed pursuant to section 49-420S, Idaho Code. Moneys in the fund shall be used exclusively for educational program grants as provided for in this section. Moneys in the fund shall be continuously appropriated for the purposes of this program. All idle moneys in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in a like manner as provided for in section 67-1210, Idaho Code, with respect to other surplus or idle moneys in the state treasury. Interest earned on the investments shall be returned to the fund.

(3) The state board of education shall administer a grant program for firearms safety pursuant to this section. The state board of education shall adopt rules to implement and sustain the grant program established by this subsection. Such rules shall provide for moneys in the firearms safety grant fund to be awarded in the form of grants to school districts that apply for the use of such funds to establish or maintain firearms safety education courses pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.