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§18-2-8a. Course of study in firearms and firearm safety.

The state board of education may, with the advice of the state superintendent of schools and the director of the division of natural resources, prescribe an orientation program for use in the public schools of this state in the safety of firearms. The orientation program shall deal with the protection of lives and property against loss or damage as a result of improper use of firearms. The orientation program shall also include instruction about the proper use of firearms in hunting, sport competition and care and safety of firearms in the home and may utilize materials prepared by any national nonprofit membership organization which has as one of its purposes the training of people in marksmanship and the safe handling and use of firearms. The county superintendent may arrange for such orientation program in the safety of firearms and its use in each school in the county.