SB2279 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2279

Introduced 10/28/2019, by Sen. Ann Gillespie

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/27-23.13

Amends the School Code. Specifies that provisions authorizing school districts to offer courses on hunting safety shall not be construed to allow anyone to bring certain weapons to school.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 27-23.13 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/27-23.13)

Sec. 27-23.13. Hunting safety. A school district may offer its students a course on hunting safety as part of its curriculum during the school day or as part of an after-school program. The State Board of Education may prepare and make available to school boards resources on hunting safety that may be used as guidelines for the development of a course under this Section. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to allow anyone to bring to school any object listed in subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (d) of Section 10-22.6.

(Source: P.A. 101-152, eff. 7-26-19.)