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Senate approves school firearms-safety pilot, shifts $75,000 to education fund

Utah State Senate · February 12, 2016
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Summary

Senators approved a first substitute to SB 43 to create an opt-in firearms-safety pilot for schools, add a requirement that any video material be politically neutral, and an amendment moved $75,000 in funding from the General Fund to the Education Fund.

The Utah Senate approved a first substitute to Senate Bill 43, a measure described on the floor as a pilot program for firearms-safety and violence prevention in public schools. The first substitute clarifies that any instructional video material must be politically neutral and allows the use of video or online resources for instruction to avoid removing classroom time.

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