WY Senate Wants 5th Graders To Learn Firearm Safety

The state Senate has passed legislation requiring public schools to offer hunter safety courses and to have student restraint policies.

Senate File 71 requires that districts offer an elective course to fifth and sixth graders in hunter and gun safety. It passed on a 21-9 vote Thursday.

A couple of senators voiced concern about burdening schools with hunter safety courses, look but proponents noted the measure allows schools to offer such courses as an extracurricular activity.

Senators voted 24-6 to approve Senate File 36, no rx which would require school districts to have specific policies dealing with restraint and isolation of students.

The legislation passed despite concerns from some that such matters should be left up to individual school boards.

Both bills head to the House for debate.-[source]