HCR 97 — CURRICULA: Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, in consultation with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, study the feasibility of incorporating age- and grade-appropriate hunting education, conservation education, and shooting sports courses into curricula for public school students in grades five through twelve

HLSENROLLED 26RS-3820 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.

BLANC CURRICULA:AND SENATORS CATHEY, EDMONDS, HENRY, HODGES, LUNEAU, MIGUEZ, MYERS, OWEN, AND PRICE A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TourgeandrequesttheStateBoardofElementaryandSecondaryEducation,inconsultation with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, to study the feasibility of incorporatingage-andgrade-appropriatehuntingeducation,conservationeducation, and shooting sports courses into curricula for public school students in grades five through twelveandto submit awrittenreportto theHouseCommittee onEducation and the Senate Committee on Education not later than March 1, 2027.

Requests that the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, in consultation with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, study the feasibility of incorporatingage-andgrade-appropriatehuntingeducation,conservationeducation, and shooting sports courses into curricula for public school students in grades five through twelve A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TourgeandrequesttheStateBoardofElementaryandSecondaryEducation,inconsultation with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, to study the feasibility of incorporatingage-andgrade-appropriatehuntingeducation,conservationeducation, and shooting sports courses into curricula for public school students in grades five through twelveandto submit awrittenreportto theHouseCommitteeonEducation and the Senate Committee on Education not later than March 1, 2027.

and PageWHEREAS,R.S.56:699.5requireseachpersonbornonorafterSeptember1,1969, 1to complete a Hunter Education Course approved by the Department of 3Wildlife HLSand 26RS-3820Fisheries ENGROSSEDprior HCRto NO.hunting;

97 WHEREAS,R.S.56:699.5requireseachpersonbornonorafterSeptember1,1969, to complete a Hunter Education Course approved by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries prior to hunting;

and WHEREAS,inseveralstates,suchasIowa,Kansas,SouthCarolina,andTennessee,Page middle1 andof high2 schoolHCR studentsNO. are able to learn about firearm safety and hunting, with somedistricts incorporatingsuchinstruction into physical education;

thenextgenerationof97 ENROLLED WHEREAS,inseveralstates,suchasIowa,Kansas,SouthCarolina,andTennessee, middle and high school students are able to learn about firearm safety and hunting, with somedistricts incorporatingsuch instruction into physicaleducation;thenextgenerationof Louisiana sportsmen and sportswomen could also benefit from such curricula.

PageSPEAKER 2OF ofTHE 3HOUSE HLSOF 26RS-3820REPRESENTATIVES ENGROSSEDPRESIDENT HCROF NO.THE SENATE Page 2 of 2

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HCR 97 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Sawyer Requests the State Bd.

of Elementary and Secondary Education, in consultation with the Dept.

of Wildlife and Fisheries, to study the feasibility of incorporating age- and grade- appropriate hunting education, conservation education, and shooting sports courses into curricula for public school students in grades five through twelve, and to submit a written report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education not later than March 1, 2027.

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