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Committee hears House Bill 4285 to allow hunter-safety instruction in Michigan schools
Summary
Sponsors and stakeholders testified in favor of House Bill 4285, which would allow Michigan schools to offer hunter-safety education as an extracurricular or as part of physical education; witnesses emphasized safety, voluntary opt-in, no firearms on school property and alignment with DNR training; no committee vote was recorded.
Representative Vanderwall introduced House Bill 4285 to the House Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism, saying the bill would allow schools to offer hunter-safety classes as an extracurricular or as part of an existing physical-education course without requiring schools to participate.
"The bill will also not be a mandate. The schools will not be required to add hunter safety to their PE curriculum," Representative Vanderwall said, adding that parents would have an opt-out and that firearms would not be allowed on school property as part of the classroom portion.
The sponsor said the in-class portion would be taught in school but that the required in-person field day to complete a hunting license would be held off…
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