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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71851</law_id><section_number>22.1-204.1</section_number><catch_line>Firearm safety education program</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="22.1">Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="13">Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Programs and Courses of Instruction Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Local <span class="dictionary">school boards</span> may provide firearm safety education programs for students in the <span class="dictionary">elementary</span> school grades. To assist local <span class="dictionary">school boards</span> electing to provide firearm safety education programs, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Education shall establish curriculum guidelines for a standardized program of firearm safety education for the <span class="dictionary">elementary</span> school grades to promote the protection and safety of children enrolled in the public schools. The curriculum guidelines shall incorporate, among other principles of firearm safety, accident prevention and the rules upon which the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program offered by the National Rifle Association is based. Local <span class="dictionary">school boards</span> electing to provide firearm safety education shall offer instruction pursuant to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x2019;s curriculum guidelines and shall integrate firearm safety education into appropriate subject areas, if feasible, to ensure that every <span class="dictionary">elementary</span> grade student completes the course of study in firearm safety education.</p></section></text><history>2010, c. 859.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
