5135 R&P           HUNTER EDUCATION PROGRAM                      5135 R&P

A teacher who wishes to offer a hunter education course must meet the following requirements:

• The teacher must be a certified hunter education instructor approved by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.
• The teacher must obtain prior approval of the principal to offer the course.
• The course may only be taught during the school day in a course that includes hunter education as part of the Standard Course of Study (e.g. Environmental and Natural Resources II).
• The course may also be taught as part of an approved school-sponsored co-curricular activity.
• The teacher must obtain notarized written parent permission for each child who participates in the course and related activities involving weapons using Form 5135A, Parent Permission for Hunter Education.
• The teacher must ensure that any student participating in activities involving the possession, handling or use of weapons has successfully completed the approved hunter education course.
• The teacher must directly supervise any activities involving the possession, handling or use of a weapon.
• The teacher must ensure that any activities involving the possession, handling or use of a weapon occur only at shooting ranges approved by Wake County Public School System Office of Risk Management and that all applicable safety rules outlined in the North Carolina Hunter Education Shooting Tournament Official Rules are followed.

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Adopted: August 19, 2008