Texas HB4983 mandates the State Board of Education to create curriculum guidelines and a virtual course on firearms safety for high school students.

HB4983 requires the State Board of Education to develop curriculum guidelines and a virtual course on firearms safety for high school students. The curriculum guidelines must focus on accident prevention, promote student safety, emphasize proper responses to firearms, and include information from hunter education courses. The virtual course must be available to school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and the Department of Public Safety. These entities must offer the virtual course to the public free of charge.

Texas HB4983 mandates the State Board of Education to create curriculum guidelines and a virtual course on firearms safety for high school students.

HB4983 requires the State Board of Education to develop curriculum guidelines and a virtual course on firearms safety for high school students. The curriculum guidelines must focus on accident prevention, promote student safety, emphasize proper responses to firearms, and include information from hunter education courses. The virtual course must be available to school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and the Department of Public Safety. These entities must offer the virtual course to the public free of charge.