                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FIREARM SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM (§ 22.1-204.1)

Local school boards may provide firearm safety education programs for students
in the elementary school grades. To assist local school boards electing to
provide firearm safety education programs, the Board of Education shall
establish curriculum guidelines for a standardized program of firearm safety
education for the elementary 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 school boards electing to provide firearm
safety education shall offer instruction pursuant to the Board&#8217;s
curriculum guidelines and shall integrate firearm safety education into
appropriate subject areas, if feasible, to ensure that every elementary grade
student completes the course of study in firearm safety education.

HISTORY: 2010, c. 859.