{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-16-153","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 6-16-153","heading":"Hunting safety course","body":"(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. Added by Act 2021, No. 536,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.\n\n(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.\n\n(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.\n\n(1) Be based on the hunter training and safety program offered by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission under § 15-43-238 ; and\n\n(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.\n\n(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 .\n\n(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.\n\n(2) A \"firearm\" under subdivision (c)(1) of this section means the same as defined in § 5-1-102 .\n\n(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.\n\n(1) Firearm safety;\n\n(2) The proper handling of a firearm;\n\n(3) Hunting techniques; and\n\n(4) Wildlife conservation.","path":["AR Code","Title 6","Chapter 16","Subchapter 1"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"e50c85db82ef2867939bf0b11c372e43878dc94c67e4dbc36e5310b83e2aa939","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-16-152","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-16-154"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}