Ark. Code § 6-16-153

Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 6-16-153 - Hunting safety course
(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.

Ark. Code § 6-16-153

Added by Act 2021, No. 536,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.