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.
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A BILL FOR

SB2279LRB101 13550 NHT 63548 b
1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
527-23.13 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/27-23.13)
7 Sec. 27-23.13. Hunting safety. A school district may offer
8its students a course on hunting safety as part of its
9curriculum during the school day or as part of an after-school
10program. The State Board of Education may prepare and make
11available to school boards resources on hunting safety that may
12be used as guidelines for the development of a course under
13this Section. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
14allow anyone to bring to school any object listed in
15subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (d) of Section 10-22.6.
16(Source: P.A. 101-152, eff. 7-26-19.)